BBC News
By Daniel Thomas & Michael Race
Business reporter, BBC News
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Furlough will be wound down further from Sunday as the government asks employers to make a bigger contribution to the wage support scheme.
An estimated 1.3 million people were on the scheme at the beginning of July, down from a peak of 5.1 million at the height of lockdown in January.
The scheme has been extended several times but will end on 30 September.
It is credited with stopping a spike in unemployment and some fear jobs will be lost when it ends.
The scheme, drawn up after lengthy talks with business groups and union leaders, has cost taxpayers almost £50bn to date, arousing fears taxes will have to rise to pay for it.
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