Rishi Sunak weighs up German-style wage subsidies to replace furlough scheme

Option part of wider emergency package to help firms through second wave of Covid-19Premier Inn owner to cut 6,000 jobsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe chancellor, Rishi Sunak, is weighing up plans to replace the furlough scheme with German-style wage subsidies as part of a wider emergency support package to help businesses through a second wave of Covid-19.Sources from business and industry told the Guardian that the Treasury has been consulting on options f