UK should fund 22-billion-pound package to help workers hit by virus - think tank

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government should spend 22 billion pounds over the coming year to help workers who face unemployment due to the coronavirus, a think tank said on Thursday.The sum - roughly equivalent to the extra help finance minister Rishi Sunak promised to businesses on Tuesday - would allow some firms to temporarily hold on to staff, and cushion the blow for those who did lose their jobs, the Resolution Foundation said.The government should fund businesses to put staff who they..