'Rethink end of furlough' | Sunak urged to reconsider as £500m 'employment fix' launches

A new £500 million support scheme is set to help workers coming off furlough, as the Government bids to ward off an unemployment crisis.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to unveil the new scheme at the Tory party conference in Manchester this Monday, October 4th, following the official end of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme last week.

As reported by The Guardian, the new measures will include prioritising those coming off furlough for one-to-one support from jobcentres and extending until 31 January the £3,000 incentive for employers to take on apprentices.

Sunak is expected to say he is “doubling down” on his pandemic pledge to do “whatever it takes” to support people through the crisis. According to The Guardian, Sunak will also announce further plans for investment in the nation's infrastructure and skills network, including tech.