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The Mail on Sunday's Midas column touted the benefits of water stocks for income investors still licking their wounds from what data consultancy Link projects will be a two-fifths reduction in UK dividend payments this year.
The chancellor dramatically extended his furlough scheme last night, just hours before it was due to end, bowing to demands from business leaders for more financial support throughout the new four-week lockdown in England. Rishi Sunak said the decision was necessary because of the return of “stay at home” restrictions to contain Covid-19. News of the new lockdown, first reported by The Times, had sparked fury from bosses. “We will do whatever it takes as the situation evolves,” Sunak said.
