MyLahore director Ishfaq Farooq, left, and Record Cafe owner Keith Wildman shared their views about extending furlough for hospitality businesses PUBS and restaurants in Bradford are backing Labour s call to extend the furlough scheme, as the party warns that jobs of more than a million people in the hospitality industry may be at risk. According to the latest official statistics, 1,036,600 people working in the hospitality industry are still furloughed and almost one in 10 hospitality businesses are planning to make staff redundant in the next three months. The furlough scheme is approaching a cliff edge in April and Labour has called on the Government to extend it to protect jobs as long as health restrictions remain in place, in addition to calling for six months extensions to both the 100 per cent business rates relief and reduced rate of VAT for the hospitality.