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<p>The Government is aware of the intense disruption businesses in the manufacturing
sector have faced due to the pandemic and has sympathy with all those affected.</p><p>
</p><p>The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was designed to be in place only
as a temporary measure while businesses regrouped and responded to the crisis. It
would be challenging to extend the CJRS for specific sectors in a fair and deliverable
way and it would also be difficult to do so without creating distortion, particularly
as some firms work across multiple sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The CJRS will remain open
until the end of October, and other schemes in the Government’s unprecedented package
of support for businesses remain open for those who need it.</p><p> </p><p>The Government
is continuing to collect evidence on the impact of the pandemic, including on specific
sectors, and to work with businesses and representative groups. This will of course
inform the Government’s efforts to support the recovery heading into the autumn.</p>
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