U.K. Faces Mass Jobless Risk as Furlough Enters Final Countdown

Employees at the U.K.’s largest firms are about to find out if the government’s controversial decision to end its furlough has cost them their jobs.

While the program is due to run until Oct. 31, any firm wishing to make 100 or more workers unemployed on that date will have had to begin an official consultation period by Wednesday -- 45 days before the deadline.