UK employers to pay 20% of furloughed staff wages from August - FT

LONDON (Reuters) - British employers will be required to pay 20% of the wages of workers who remain on the government's coronavirus furlough scheme from August, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.Finance minister Rishi Sunak has previously said employers will be required to contribute to the scheme from August, and that the details would be announced by the end of this month.More than 8 million workers are on the scheme, which pays 80% of their wages up to 2,500 pounds ($3,075) a month.