Spain recommends for Madrid to go into total lockdown 0 (0)

The Spanish government recommends Madrid to extend lockdown restrictions to all parts of the region
Madrid just announced that they are raising the number of areas under lockdown to 45 from 37 moments ago, adding that about 1 million people in the region are reported to be in lockdown based on the latest restrictions.

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Pound a little higher on the day as buyers keep up defense of key daily moving averages 0 (0)

The pound is up in European morning trade
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That still remains the key technical level to watch for now, with the pound also hoping to take comfort from UK finance minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on a wage support scheme – to help alleviate some pressure from the jobs market.

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UK’s Sunak: The main goal is to support jobs, but we need to change how we do this 0 (0)

UK finance minister, Rishi Sunak, announces the new jobs support scheme
– As the economy reopens, it is fundamentally wrong to keep furlough scheme
– I cannot save every business, every job
As the furlough program comes to an end in October, these are the new measures introduced to try and support the labour market to prevent job

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