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Rishi Sunak, left, and Boris Johnson attend a Cabinet meeting in London on Sept. 1.Photographer: Toby Melville/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

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By David Goodman and Alex Morales

September 4, 2020 at 4:00 AM UTC

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The U.K. is one of the first countries in Europe to start withdrawing the emergency measures it extended to help the economy through the coronavirus, a move that could imperil millions of jobs.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak this week ended a subsidy program aimed at helping the restaurant industry. A ban on evicting residential tenants in rent arrears is set to expire on Sept. 20.