Ten Things You Need to Know Today: 30 September 2021

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1. Jobs warning as furlough ends

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been criticised for winding up the government’s furlough scheme, which ends today. The Guardian said “an array of unions, business groups, employment experts, City firms and politicians” have warned that the end of the scheme will “intensify Britain’s economic woes”. With more than one million people still thought to be on the scheme, economists say there will be a rise in unemployment. The scheme was introduced in March 2020 after the government’s lockdown measures forced large parts of the economy to close.

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