Businesses and unions call for state help after England adopts Covid plan B
The government is facing growing pressure to relaunch furlough and other emergency financial support schemes after imposing working from home orders in England because of the rapid spread of the coronavirus Omicron variant.
Business leaders and unions warned failure to provide assistance to companies and their workers in the hardest-hit sectors of the economy risked squandering progress made since the easing of pandemic restrictions earlier this autumn.
Some reacted with anger, accusing the prime minister of trying to “save his own skin” by announcing the curbs in order to divert attention from the week’s political scandals.
Ruby McGregor-Smith, president of the British Chambers of Commerce, said: “The government must once again stand shoulder
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