The government is expected to announce future changes to its Job Retention Scheme as soon as tomorrow But the chancellor will have to play a delicate game, writes BBCSimonJack
In the family game Kerplunk, a collection of marbles is balanced on top of a lattice of supporting rods.
The JRS, or furlough scheme, is currently paying 80% of the wages of over 8 million workers to the end of October at an estimated cost to the taxpayer of £80 billion pounds.It's expected that employers who wish to continue to have workers employed but not at work stump up around 20% of their wages with the government paying the other 60%.
As long as the two metre social distancing advice is in place, large sectors of the economy - like pubs, restaurants, theatres, airlines etc will be unable to operate viably.
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