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UK announces new plan to help workers hit by pandemic

by Associated Press
| September 24, 2020 5:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief announced a new income support program Thursday for workers hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, as the government races to prevent widespread layoffs when earlier employer subsidies end next month.

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