UK offers lockdown-hit firms extra 4.6 billion pounds of help

Britain on Tuesday announced a new 4.6 billion pound ($6.2 billion) support package for businesses hit by renewed COVID-19 lockdowns across the country.

Finance minister Rishi Sunak said retail, hospitality and leisure companies will be able to claim new one-off grants worth up to 9,000 pounds to help them through the first months of 2021.