Take Your Pay When You Want

Emergency scheme could bring back weekly wage

- Nigel Nelson

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to look at a plan which could let struggling workers draw pay as soon as they’ve earned it.

The scheme would end the wait for a monthly wage and ease cashflow problems hitting millons during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The proposal by ex-Labour Treasury minister Phil Woolas would mean you could use an employer’s payroll like a current bank account – instant access to your money but without any overdraft facility.