Inside Politics: Rishi Sunak set to announce job-saving scheme
The chancellor has found inspiration from Germany, where workers drop their hours and wages are partly subsidised by the government, writes Adam Forrest
The second coming of Christ wouldn’t necessarily be the strangest news of 2020. The Russian authorities have arrested a guy who says he is Jesus – jailing the cult leader who claims “everything that God wants to say, he says through me.” The cult of Rishi Sunak – the man on whom Tories pin messianic hopes – will be enraptured today. The chancellor is all set to announce a wage subsidy scheme to rescue millions of furloughed workers. Meanwhile Michael Gove, a man with cult-like delusions of grandeur, has announced a miraculous new border in Kent. Heavens above.
Inside the bubble
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock on what to look out for today:
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