With the furlough scheme set to come to an end next month, the Chancellor has announced a raft of new economic measures as part of his winter economy plan.
Rishi Sunak unveiled his plan to MPs in the House of Commons before holding a Downing Street press conference where he answered questions from the media on what he announced.
The new scheme will "directly support" the wages of people in viable jobs working at least a third of their normal hours.
It means people can be kept in jobs on very short hours, yet receive the majority of their normal pay - however the government will be fronting a lot less of the cost compared to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or furlough.
With some people still remaining on furlough full time, the Chancellor was quizzed on what they should expect.
Mr Sunak was asked if it was time to tell those still receiving help from the scheme that "it was time to look for another job, start a business or just wait and hope their firm survives the winter".
The Chancellor responded: "For those that are on furlough, the good news is that first of all, we have seen millions of people come back from furlough into work and I think that's something we should take a moment to reflect on and that's very good news."
He went on to say that the scheme supported more than nine million jobs with many of those now back in work with only around one in 10 labour staff still using furlough.
"Obviously we want as many of those people to get back to work as possible. I hope they feel reassured that we are trying to make things like that a reality through the job retention bonus, where we are providing their employer with a significant cash bonus if they're able to bring them back and even now on a part-time basis.
"We are making it as easy as possible for companies, in a way that we can, to bring those last remaining team members back into their workplace."
On what people should do now, Mr Sunak said the "best thing we can do now is follow the guidelines."
