pandemic unemployment

No new entrants to the pandemic unemployment payment scheme (PUP) will be allowed from today, it emerged this morning. This contrasts starkly with the rules for the Government, whose ministers had ironclad guarantees that their …

New figures just released show that around 36,000 fewer people are now claiming the weekly Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment, when compared with last week’s records. The reduction means overall savings of about €12.6m. Those receiving …