Furious tourism bosses today blasted Rishi Sunak for ‘leaving them in the cold’ after the industry was excluded from his new £1billion Covid support package.
The Chancellor has announced grants of up to £6,000 per premises for hospitality and leisure firms being crippled by a wave of cancellations following the emergence of the Omicron strain.
The taxpayer will also cover the cost of statutory sick pay for Covid-related absences for companies with fewer than 250 employees.
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