Has Britain’s second largest city reached breaking point?
Covid-19 has dealt a heavy blow to Birmingham’s glitzy city centre led by retail – and it’s revealing other deep fault lines
Rishi Sunak extends Covid job furlough scheme until March 2021
Latest U-turn follows growing pressure for more support to protect jobs and the economy as second wave hits
‘I worry about the future’: workers fearful despite furlough extension
Firms are scrambling to put staff back on the scheme but it is too late for those made redundant
ONS finds 2m people still on furlough days before scheme ends
Findings come as chancellor is told new support measures not enough to protect jobs or firms
Coronavirus: UK workers to get two-thirds of wages if firms told to shut
Rishi Sunak announces new furlough scheme with PM set to outline ‘three-tier’ approach to local lockdowns on Monday
UK furlough scheme will fail to prevent 1m losing jobs, say experts
Young workers and those at the bottom end of the income scale will be the hardest hit
Rising number of Londoners looking for work outside capital, says job site
Wave of ‘reverse commuters’ in prospect as number of jobseekers looking further afield jumps 27%
What is Rishi Sunak’s job support scheme and how will it work?
The replacement for the UK furlough scheme is similar to Germany’s Kurzarbeit
Replace furlough and stop firms ‘firing and rehiring’, Starmer to tell PM
Labour leader to accuse Boris Johnson of failing on Covid testing in speech to unions
UK records biggest jump in transport use since pandemic began
Rail station footfall up 12% on Monday compared with Friday, as workers and pupils return