Rishi Sunak has announced a new ‘jobs retention bonus’ scheme that will pay businesses £1,000 per employee brought back from furlough.

The Chancellor told MPs in the Commons that if employers bring back all nine million people who have been temporarily laid off then it would amount to a £9 billion policy.

He added: ‘Our message to business is clear: if you stand by your workers, we will stand by you.’

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