Primark furloughed 30,000 employees but will reject the government's £30m offer
The government has pledged to give employers £1,000 for each employee they bring back from furlough.
Frances O’Grady, the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, appeared on Sophy Ridge on Sunday today and was asked if other employers who could afford it should be following Primark’s example and saving taxpayers’ money.
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