Meanwhile, all four UK nations will add Brunei and Malaysia to their travel corridor lists – meaning arrivals will be exempt from quarantine measures – after a decrease in confirmed coronavirus cases. The changes came into effect on Friday in Wales and will begin from 4am on Tuesday in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak: UK will not hesitate to add nations to quarantine list
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Rishi Sunak urged to stump up £15bn to protect 1m from unemployment
The thinktank said the government needed to extend a £20 per week boost to universal credit into next year to support millions of households at risk of rising job losses this autumn. Not doing so would risk 6m households seeing their income fall by over £1,000 from next April – at a time when unemployment is forecast to be at its highest level in a generation. … [Read more...] about Rishi Sunak urged to stump up £15bn to protect 1m from unemployment
Johnson and Sunak met ‘to discuss how to avoid new lockdown’
Other possible measures that have been mooted should the R number escalate in the capital include restricting travel beyond the M25 and putting a stop to stays at other people’s houses – similar to policies in local lockdowns imposed in Leicester and parts of the north-west of England in recent days. … [Read more...] about Johnson and Sunak met ‘to discuss how to avoid new lockdown’
Sunak’s stamp duty holiday behind surge in homebuyer interest
As a result, agreed prices as a percentage of asking price have hit a record high. Figures for England and Wales showed properties were typically selling for 98.6% of their asking price. In Yorkshire and the Humber, sales are being agreed at just over 100% of asking price, while in the north-east of England the figure is 96.5%. … [Read more...] about Sunak’s stamp duty holiday behind surge in homebuyer interest
Thinktank calls for Sunak to help ‘zombie firms’ struggling with debt
Onward, led by a former senior adviser to Theresa May – and with close links to the Treasury and an advisory board packed with Tory grandees – said debts built up during lockdown could push 4.3% of UK firms – employing 1.8 million people – into technical insolvency. … [Read more...] about Thinktank calls for Sunak to help ‘zombie firms’ struggling with debt
