Rishi Sunak unveils a replacement for furlough scheme

The chief executive of Next has warned Britain’s economy risks ‘becoming hooked,’ on Government handouts – as bosses give their verdicts on Rishi Sunak’s £9bn scheme that ‘won’t stop job cuts’. Lord Simon Wolfson welcomed Rishi Sunak’s new Job Retention Scheme, saying it was time firms paid more towards wages. The Chancellor said the Jobs … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout: Chancellor upstages a cautious Prime Minister

Britain can no longer put normal life on hold, Rishi Sunak warned yesterday. As he unveiled his latest rescue package to save jobs, the Chancellor called on the nation to learn to live with coronavirus ‘without fear’. He added that the country could not carry on ignoring the economic impact of the pandemic. Striking a different … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Rishi Sunak riding to the rescue again

Fire up the Batmobile, Alfred. Boy Wonder’s back. Once again, Rishi Sunak strode back into the Commons to wave around that increasingly battered chequebook of his. Rishi Rides to the Rescue has been a common narrative of this crisis. While most ministers’ stock has crashed these past six months, the Chancellor’s is on a bull run. … Read more

Rishi Sunak’s new coronavirus bailout: Chancellor upstages a cautious Prime Minister

Britain can no longer put normal life on hold, Rishi Sunak warned yesterday. As he unveiled his latest rescue package to save jobs, the Chancellor called on the nation to learn to live with coronavirus ‘without fear’. He added that the country could not carry on ignoring the economic impact of the pandemic. Striking a different … Read more

SIMON WALTERS: The day Rishi Sunak ripped up the truce in Downing Street

Closing his statement to the Commons on his new Covid jobs-rescue package yesterday, Rishi Sunak defiantly gave us a new slogan: ‘Live Without Fear’ They were the three words which spoke volumes about the rift between the Prime Minister and his Chancellor. Closing his statement to the Commons on his new Covid jobs-rescue package yesterday, … Read more

Why DID Boris Johnson miss Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economy Plan?

‘We must live without fear’: Was Rishi Sunak’s parting comment a dig at cautious Boris Johnson? Westminster insiders question why PM was posing in a police car instead of at Chancellor’s side in Commons Chancellor unveiled the successor to the furlough scheme in Commons at noon But at the time PM was 70 miles away … Read more

Number 10 was briefed by Sweden’s controversial anti-lockdown epidemiologist Anders Tegnell

Boris Johnson was briefed by the architect behind Sweden’s anti-lockdown strategy before he announced a raft of new restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19, it was confirmed today. Both the Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak heard from Professor Anders Tegnell, after they sought advice from academics outside the Government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies … Read more

Furlough replacement: How does the Job Support Scheme work, who is eligible and how much will I get?

Rishi Sunak’s new help for business and jobs at a glace  Furlough scheme will  be replaced with a Job Support Scheme (JSS) to ‘directly support’ wages of staff working at least a third of regular hours. Firms will pay workers for hours they work. For regular hours they cannot work, employer and Treasury will both … Read more

Rishi Sunak poses for moody photos as Winter Economy Plan announced

Rishi Sunak has provided another gift to his legions of female admirers with a series of moody snaps to make his unveiling of the latest multi-billion Covid rescue package for Britain.  The Chancellor, dubbed ‘Dishy Rishi’ for his good looks, is seen striking a series of poses, from gazing out of the window deep in … Read more

Carrie Symonds enjoys five-star Italian holiday as Rishi Sunak unveils urgent measures to save jobs

Carrie Symonds has enjoyed a five-star holiday in the exclusive Italian resort of Lake Como with her baby Wilfred, MailOnline can reveal. In the week Boris Johnson told Britons the UK was in for another six months of misery, his fiancée has been staying at the £600-a-night Grand Hotel Tremezzo in northern Italy with three girlfriends.   During … Read more