Economics
U.K.’s Sunak Faces Tough Choices on Job Furlough Program
- No extension plans yet for program that pays up to 80% salary
- Ending furlough puts 3 million jobs at risk, think tank warns
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Rishi Sunak’s tenure as U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer is reaching a defining moment as he decides whether millions of workers living off government aid should soon begin fending for themselves in a crippled economy.