2140: 5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Friday 6th November 2020

Chancellor Rishi Sunak ploughed more money into Britain’s 200 billion-pound economic rescue yesterday in a coordinated move with the Bank of England, which will buy more of the bonds being sold to fund it. The announcement is Sunak’s fourth major revision to his economic plans in six weeks and its extends the furlough scheme, which provides 80% of the pay of temporarily laid-off workers, until the end of March.