英國政府疫情期間的強制休假計畫耗費近1,000億美元

【彭博】-- 根據英國政府的數據，到上月底強制休假計畫結束時，政府花費了690億英鎊（950億美元）來支付員工薪資。

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英國國家統計局周四公佈的數據顯示，如果將個體經營者的補貼及算在內，疫情期間此項計畫的總費用達到了970億英鎊。

這項崗位支持計畫是英國政府應對新冠危機的核心所在，抗疫總計花費估計超過3700億英鎊，導致英國的財政赤字達到和平年代的最高水平。

原文標題U.K. Spent Almost $100 Billion Supporting Furloughed Workers (1)

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