UK coronavirus live: job losses at fastest rate on record as Covid furlough scheme nears end

Rishi Sunak prepares to end multibillion-pound coronavirus job retention scheme and launch a less generous programme to replace it

The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has refused to deny that ministers are considering introducing a higher tier 4 level of coronavirus restrictions, less than three weeks after the launch of the flagship three-tier lockdown model. Officials are reportedly drawing up plans for an extra layer of measures forcing restaurants and non-essential shops to close in parts of England with the highest infection rates.

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