The government's new Job Support Scheme arrived with a health warning from Chancellor Rishi Sunak. "I cannot save every business; I cannot save every job," he said. The furlough replacement will only benefit those in "viable" jobs, with taxpayers' cash helping top up the wages of those who work at least a third of their hours. And it means uncertainty for many, particularly in industries currently closed. One nightclub boss tells us his company has been forced into an "unviable" situation by government orders. And Michael Kill, who runs the Night Time Industries Association, argues: "To completely exile the entire night-time sector is simply unacceptable."
"I've worked in hospitality since I was 16 - but now it is terrifying," furloughed hotel worker Lisa tells us. She'd been hoping to get back to work in October, as companies began booking Christmas parties, but fears the latest restrictions will wipe out any festive trade. Those on zero-hours contracts, too, went unmentioned in the chancellor's speech. "We're the forgotten group," says Samantha Pearmain, who performed front-of-house duties in a busy conference centre.
"There's no pretence that jobs won't go," says our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, adding the scheme places the burden on employers, who must "do their sums" to decide whether they - and their staff - have a future. Meanwhile, the boss of clothing store Next - who's largely supportive of the chancellor's plan - says hundreds of thousands of traditional retail jobs may still not survive, since lockdown triggered a permanent shift to online shopping. "It's going to be very uncomfortable," says Lord Wolfson.

At 6,634, the latest daily number of confirmed coronavirus cases was the highest since mass testing began. While official records may show new cases hitting a daily high, health correspondent Nick Triggle says in reality it is "nothing of the sort", given the limited testing capacity at the peak of the pandemic in the spring. "Estimates have suggested there may have been as many 100,000 cases a day at the peak," he adds. Currently, half of the population in northern England and a fifth of people in the Midlands face extra restrictions to curb the spread of the virus. But no local authority south of Solihull is currently imposing these measures. Our Reality Check team examines why.

Since March, ministers have had emergency powers to respond to the pandemic, allowing them to, for example, impose limits pub opening hours, or ban meetings of more than six people in England. But those powers were time-limited and their proposed renewal next week faces opposition from more than 40 Conservatives who want a say on any such measures in future. As one MP, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, puts it: "It's disgraceful that really very far-reaching powers, curtailing people's civil liberties, have just been pushed through without a proper debate in Parliament." With daily life across Europe similarly limited, many protesters feel the restrictions outweigh the perceived threat from the virus. And the dissent is causing debate within the scientific community over the consequences of lockdown measures.

The new Job Support Scheme features on most front pages, with the i calculating workers will be able to get 77% of their wages for working one-third of their hours. For the Daily Express, it's a "daring £5bn escape plan". The Daily Mirror's headline, however, describes it as "too little too late", and the Times says Britain is facing "a wave of redundancies". According to the Daily Telegraph, unemployment stands at 4.1%, but could peak at 13.2% next year - meaning four million people out of work. Nonetheless, the Daily Mail highlights the chancellor's call to the nation to learn to live with coronavirus "without fear", and praises Mr Sunak for saying "what so many have been thinking".

The BBC latest talent show, The Search, starts this weekend. It will see the creation of a series of pop groups who'll compete for a slot supporting Little Mix on their arena tour next year. The group tell us why their experience of winning the X Factor in 2011 led to them insisting aftercare is available for contestants in the new programme. And it's Friday, so why not test your knowledge of recent headlines in our quiz of the week's news.

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