UK steps in to pay workers' wages amid coronavirus shutdown
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it would take the unprecedented step of pumping money into companies in order to pay workers' wages and cushion an expected surge in unemployment as much of the economy goes into a near shutdown due to the coronavirus outbreak."Today I can announce that for the first time in our history the government is going to step in and pay people's wages," Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said.He said there would be no financial limit to the size of the..