Firms rewarded for bringing furloughed workers back should do more for those at risk of redundancy, says Andy Burnham
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukwill pay employers £1,000 for each worker that is kept on until at least January next year as part of a £9bn job retention bonus scheme.
But even the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has admitted that there will be a ‘dead weight’ cost to his plans, meaning money will go to companies that had no intention of letting staff go.Mr Burnham has raised concerns that the funds could be better spent in the Greater Manchester and Liverpool city regions, where an estimated 484,000 people are on furlough.Speaking at a joint press conference with Liverpool regional mayor Steve Rotheram, he said: “Lets say 60 per cent of people come back from furlough and attract that payment.“That would be £250m in our city regions spent on people that were going to come back.
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