U.K. Extends Coronavirus Furlough Payments To Workers Through End Of October

By Bill Chappell

Published May 12, 2020 at 8:46 AM MDT

The U.K. program pays people idled by the COVID-19 pandemic up to around $3,088 a month. Some 7.5 million jobs have been furloughed.

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Bill Chappell

Bill Chappell is a writer and editor on the News Desk in the heart of NPR's newsroom in Washington, D.C.