Local Transport Infrastructure

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 24 March 2020.

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Photo of Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak The Chancellor of the Exchequer

We said that we would aim to have the scheme up and running by the April payroll. This is a brand new system that has to be designed from scratch. Claims could be backdated from 1 March, which will provide significant support to businesses and jobs, and in common with all other schemes like this across the world, the scheme applies to furloughed workers in proportion to the hours they have worked—but to workers who are put on furlough rather than being retained in employment.