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U.K. Plans Job Aid for Hot Spots With Virus ‘Out of Control’

  • State will pay two-thirds of wages if firms are forced to shut
  • Stricter rules in some areas expected next week as cases surge
A woman walks through an empty restaurant in Manchester on Oct. 8. 

A woman walks through an empty restaurant in Manchester on Oct. 8. 

Photographer: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images

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The U.K. government announced emergency measures to avert a wave of job losses as Boris Johnson prepares new pandemic restrictions to tackle a disease that is spreading out of control.

Under plans announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, the state will pay two-thirds of the wages of workers in companies forced to close by tighter rules expected to be imposed next week.