Chancellor’s Plan for Jobs: At a Glance

The key features of the Chancellor’s new £3 billion Plan for Jobs
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak
 (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) SUS-200615-110723001Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak
 (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) SUS-200615-110723001
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP via Getty Images) SUS-200615-110723001

A Jobs Retention Bonus in which firms will be paid £1,000 for each employee they bring back from furlough and continuously employ through to January on an average of at least £520 a month.

A £2 billion scheme of taxpayer-funded work placements for 16-to-24-year-olds on Universal Credit and at risk of long-term unemployment.

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A £3 billion green package, with grants for homeowners and public buildings to improve energy efficiency.

A £111 million programme of unpaid traineeships combining work experience with training.

Diners will get a discount to support pubs and restaurants.

Stamp Duty abolished on properties up to £500,000 in England and Northern Ireland.

An “eat out to help out” plan for dining out in August to boost the hospitality sector, with a 50% discount per head from Monday to Wednesday up to a maximum discount of £10 per diner.

Slashed VAT on food, accommodation and attractions from 20 per cent to five per cent, a tax cut worth up to £4 billion.

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