A DISABLED student stripped of furlough pay has slammed the unnecessary stress and worry for the thousands slipping through the government s safety net. Barman Chris Chamberlain from Evesham received pay through the first Covid-19 lockdown through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme but a takeover of the pub where he works, the Ivy Inn in North Littleton, meant he and his colleagues got ruled ineligible second time around. Employers can claim up to 80 per cent of an employees wages provided they made a pay-as-you-earn real time information (PAYE RTI) submission to HMRC between March 20 and October 30. The gov.uk website adds this may differ where you have made employees redundant, or they stopped working for you on or after September 23 and you have subsequently re-employed them .
THE business at the centre of a storm over the volume of HGVs on country lanes in Wickhamford has called on residents to support plans to move its distribution arm. Fresh For All on Badsey Lane is being investigated by Cotswold District Council on the back of complaints that road safety is being compromised by 20 lorry trips per day, a figure disputed by the company. Worcestershire County Councillor Liz Eyre raised the issue and is part of a collaboration between residents, Badsey & Aldington Parish Council and Wickhamford Parish Council to gather relevant evidence amid claims the company is in breach of its planning permission.