the government has announced grants of half a billion pounds to help millions of struggling families with the cost of living. our business correspondent ben thompson has been to crawley the town with the highest number of people on furlough in the uk, to see what the end of the scheme means for them. not all airportjobs involve working with planes or baggage. michael and emma look after the pets and other animals that in more normal times flew with us around the world. but when flights were grounded the jobs were furloughed. now they re back. nice to have work and stability and a routine, something to get up for and come out the house for. it is nice to be back, feel like you are earning your money notjust getting it from the government. without furlough i dread to think where we would be. the job support scheme might be at an end but for many especially
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from other countries with similar levels of infection. from other countries with similar levels of infection. how would you assess the levels of infection. how would you assess the summer levels of infection. how would you assess the summer holiday - levels of infection. how would you assess the summer holiday period levels of infection. how would you i assess the summer holiday period for your members? your members? international travel is still very much your members? international travel is still very much in your members? international travel is still very much in the your members? international travel is still very much in the doldrums. i is still very much in the doldrums. we are nowhere near the recovery we are seeing in the uk economy and we are seeing in the uk economy and we are lagging behind european countries. we havejust done are lagging behind european countries. we have just done our research with our member companies which is travel agents and tour operator
some empty shelves and that has caused a problem. at the same time it is worth remembering when the fellow scheme, job support scheme comes to an end there will be a million people having their wages supported by that scheme. you could think those million people could go into those million emptyjobs. they may not have the right skills, they might not be in the right place. that causes problems for the economy. supporting those people out of work, but making those businesses run without the staff that they need. so let s get the thoughts of chris gray he was with us this morning. it is good to see you, welcome to bbc news. let“s morning. it is good to see you, welcome to bbc news. let s talk about the headline figure we had today. it is a tale of two halves, good news the economy is recovering enough to supportjob creation but we don t have the people in those jobs right now? that we don t have the people in those jobs right now? we don t have the people in those jobs right now? that