UK workers covered by coronavirus wage subsidy hit 8.4 million

LONDON (Reuters) - Some 8.4 million employees in Britain are covered by a state wage subsidy scheme for temporarily laid-off workers, up 400,000 from last week, finance minister Rishi Sunak said as he prepares to tell companies how they will share some of the cost.The value of claims for wage subsidies filed by employers rose to 15 billion pounds ($18.4 billion) as of May 24 from 11.1 billion pounds a week earlier, the finance ministry said.Britain's job retention scheme is the centrepiece of..