Economics

Employers of a Million People Apply to U.K. Furlough Program

A lone pedestrian walks down an alleyway in the City of London on April 9.Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg

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By Ellen Milligan and Will Mathis

April 20, 2020 at 4:23 PM UTC

Updated on

April 21, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC

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Struggling businesses who employ more than a million people rushed to sign up for the U.K. government’s program to support furloughed workers on the first day they could apply, according to Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, which is administering the program.