Sunak rules out further extension of UK Covid business supports 

Government has forced many companies to close for an extra four weeks

British chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak was quoted as saying he would not bow to pressure to prolong other measures.

British finance minister Rishi Sunak has ruled out any further extension of Covid-19 supports to affected businesses, despite the UK government forcing many companies to close for an extra four weeks.

"What we did was deliberately go big and go long in terms of the support, we erred on the side of generosity," Mr Sunak said in an interview with the Financial Times.