The Latest: Britain extends salary support for 5 months

LONDON — The British government extended for five months a salary support program paying 80% of wages for those unemployed because of coronavirus restrictions.
Treasury chief Rishi Sunak told lawmakers the program, which ended Oct. 31, will be extended until the end of March. The program includes all U.K. nations.
Last week, the government put England into lockdown from Thursday until Dec. 2 because of surging coronavirus infections.
Sunak says the economic effects of lockdown “are m