Party calls for stronger action after finding UK job retention scheme compares unfavourably with other European countries
Labour has called for stronger action to prevent a winter surge in unemployment after releasing figures that show the UK government is providing less generous wage support to employers than other major European countries.
The shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds, accused Rishi Sunak of adopting a “sink or swim” approach as Labour published a report unfavourably comparing the Treasury’s jobs support scheme with what was on offer in Germany, France and the Netherlands.
