Boris Johnson faces a new Tory rebellion threat over pre-Easter vote to extend lockdown laws

Boris Johnson faces a new Tory rebellion threat over pre-Easter vote to extend lockdown laws for another SIX MONTHS despite plans to end most restrictions in June By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 08:01 GMT, 14 March 2021 | Updated: 08:02 GMT, 14 March 2021 Boris Johnson is facing yet another Tory rebellion … Read more

Morrisons to extend 10% discount for NHS amid nurses’ pay row

Morrisons to extend 10% discount for NHS amid nurses’ pay row – despite profits more than halving By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 11 March 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 11 March 2021 Morrisons has vowed to extend its 10 per cent discount for NHS workers until the end of the … Read more

Rishi Sunak plans to extend furlough scheme to OCTOBER in his Budget

The furlough scheme that has cost Britain £53billion will be extended to the end of September as Rishi Sunak vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ to help the economy recover. In today’s Budget, the Chancellor will extend the job protection scheme for an extra five months beyond the current deadline at the end of April. … Read more

Primark ‘will extend opening hours’ for shoppers returning to the high street after lockdown

Primark stores will extend their opening hours across England when lockdown is eased in April, reports say. The fast fashion retailer is ‘looking at all options’, with longer opening times one idea being discussed, according to the Sun. It follows a similar move in December under the Tier system which saw huge queues rack up outside shops … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘will extend stamp duty holiday until the end of JUNE’

Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday until the end of June to boost the housing market, it was reported last night. Last July the Chancellor exempted most buyers from the levy if they completed their transactions before March 31, 2021 – saving people up to £15,000 – and leaving would-be homeowners racing to meet … Read more

Covid lockdown UK: Rishi Sunak ‘to extend furlough until July’ in next week’s Budget

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to extend the Government’s massive furlough scheme until at least July after Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled an ultra-cautious roadmap for easing the third lockdown. The Chancellor is expected to pump huge sums of money at next week’s Budget – the first the Government has presented to the Commons since … Read more

Rishi Sunak plans to extend furlough- style support for businesses hit by Covid until AUTUMN

Rishi Sunak plans to extend furlough- style support for businesses hit by Covid until AUTUMN after telling Tory MPs it needs to last beyond summer for nightclubs Chncellor told MPs that support for businesses need to last beyond the summer Mr Sunak will present the furlough as an ‘offset’ to tax raises, Tory MPs say … Read more

Stagecoach on track to extend £300m Covid loan by a YEAR

Stagecoach on track to extend £300m Covid loan by a YEAR amid uncertainty over duration of lockdown Stagecoach has agreed an extension to the first £100million  And it is hammering out new terms for the remaining £200million It will not have to repay the loan until February 2022 By Neil Craven for The Mail on … Read more

Covid UK: Rishi Sunak ‘to use March 3 Budget to EXTEND furlough’

Rishi Sunak will announce at the Budget on March 3 that the Government’s furlough scheme will be extended to the summer, it was claimed today.  The Chancellor is also said to be preparing to prolong a business rates holiday for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors.  A year-long business rates holiday is due to expire … Read more

Rishi Sunak ‘will use the Budget on March 3 to EXTEND furlough’

Rishi Sunak ‘will use the Budget on March 3 to EXTEND the furlough scheme to the SUMMER at a cost of at least £10billion and keep business rates holiday in place for retail and hospitality sectors’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak is said to be preparing to extend the furlough scheme Was due to finish at the … Read more