Between 1.1 million to 1.6 million workers remain on full or partial furlough as taxpayer aid for the wage support scheme prepares to be eased further, according to official estimates.A survey by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that businesses continued to claim COVID-19 salary aid on behalf of between 4% and 5% of the workforce early this month.
The figures were published separately to Treasury data showing that the total number of claimants for the Job Retention Scheme stood at 1.9 million on 30 June.It represented a decrease of 590,000 on the previous month.Live COVID updates from the UK and around the …
