The full measures will be set out by the prime minister in the House of Commons later.

warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October, will be extended to all of Northern Ireland, four more counties in south Wales will face new measures, will also come into force in Lancashire, Merseyside, parts of the Midlands and West Yorkshire, kind of strict measures that ministers had been discussing. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; The government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has warned there could be 50,000 new coronavirus cases a day by mid-October without further action - which, he said, could lead to more than 200 deaths per day by mid-November. "If people can work from home they should", he added. Andy Wood, chief executive of the Adnams brewery, told the Today programme that the pub industry had taken health messages seriously and it seemed "incongruous" to be singled out. Every restriction that is taken has a negative consequence to society. On Monday, a further 4,368 daily cases and 11 deaths were reported in the UK. How far are ministers prepared to go? “These businesses have received no visitors since March, cannot pivot to capture domestic business, continue to be excluded from rate relief and grants and, with so few international visitors, will not benefit from the extension of the VAT reduction. browser that He said there was now a rise in hospital admissions, including among women aged 20 to 40, who were at risk of exposure to the virus because of their work in hospitality, caring roles or because they were parents of schoolchildren. This is expected to benefit nearly half a million businesses who deferred £30 billion, according to the Government. VAT changes were first introduced by Mr Sunak in his summer statement on July 8 as a way of supporting businesses that had to close during the lockdown. The new scheme, part of a wider package of measures, aims to stop mass job cuts after the government introduced new measures to tackle a rise in coronavirus cases.

"In hospitality alone, there are 900,000 workers still on furlough, and a further 1.3million people across the UK work within the nightclub industry. Announcing the extension as part of a raft of new measures in the House of Commons, Mr Sunak said: ‘The final step I’m taking today will support two of the most affected sectors, hospitality and tourism. As we have talked about many times, Downing Street is all too aware of the economic havoc the restrictions around the pandemic have caused. It seems inevitable that the virus will continue to spread - that's what respiratory viruses do during winter, especially one for which there is limited immunity and no vaccine. Email Newsletter Subscribe to our email newsletter and keep a close eye on the UK hospitality and catering business Under the terms of the new Jobs Support Scheme the government and firms will continue to top up wages of workers who have not been able to return to the workplace full time due to the coronavirus. Holiday and caravan parks and other holiday accommodation businesses charging fees for tent pitches or camping facilities. trials of spectators at sports fixtures would be "paused". "We're not going back to the sorts of measures that we had in the spring," he said. The chief executive of trade association UK Hospitality, Kate Nicholls, said that the cut provided some good news for the sector after it was announced … ‘We need Government to go further in hospitality, recognising the greater restrictions imposed upon us, and pick up the full cost of unworked hours,’ she said. ‘So to support more than 150,000 businesses and help protect 2.4 million jobs through the winter, I’m announcing today that we are cancelling the planned increase and will keep the lower 5% VAT rate until March 31 next year.’, To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web Read about our approach to external linking. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); "After people have already been through so much hardship, we cannot allow thousands of jobs to disappear overnight," he said. All Rights Reserved. She added: "Table service has been widely adopted in some parts of the sector since reopening, but it is not necessary across all businesses, such as coffee shops.". The cut applies to places that sell food and non-alcoholic drinks as well as hotels, holiday accommodation and tourist attractions.