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he's out on the road, working as a delivery driver. he was in financial sales until he was furloughed, where the government pays some of his wages. josh says he was forced to find a second job during the lockdown. it's difficult. a lot of the people at my place, more than half their wage is commission—based, and that's not covered under the furlough scheme. if it was 80% of my salary and my commission, then that's probably affordable, but 80% of my basic salary is just not enough to get by on. got some parcels for you, mate... a decade ago, josh lost his job as a plumber in the last financial crash. lost myjob in the first financial crisis and now i've been furloughed in this, and hopefully i'll keep this job. lockdown a sitting young people hard, employees under 25 r 2.5 times more likely to be working in a sector that is now shut down.
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next up, james. james works for the finance department of a bank. he can work from home. so the fact that i'm actually working, i'm earning money and i live in a nice, social household, i feel quite privileged, to be honest with you. james is one of 44% of workers now working at home at least some of the time, although for many people that's simply not an option. there's a lot of people that have lost their jobs, including george, next to me. yes, george had just started a newjob in property admin when the pandemic hit. it's just everything that could have gone wrong had gone wrong. i was there for a week and then everything shut, all the offices closed, and i couldn't work from home and so, unfortunately, theyjust had to let me go. not eligible for furlough because of his start date, george says he slipped through the cracks and, six weeks on, he still hasn't been able to get money through universal credit. and with predictions that unemployment could soon reach 10%, the coming months will be tough.
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have you guys talked about what would happen if one of you wasn't able to continue paying rent? well, yeah, our tenancy‘s up in a couple of weeks. if george can't afford to pay the rent, we'd probably have to find a different house, if he had to move out, and obviously that would be a direct result of what's happened here, but hopefully he's got support from his family that he would be able to pay it. i can do it, i know. yeah. i can sort it out. for this generation, and especially those who haven't been able to move in with their parents, it looks like they could be living in a house—share for a lot longer than they would have expected. ben hunte, bbc news, manchester. so what are the other changes as the lockdown in england is relaxed? people can go out to exercise as much as they want, even if it means driving. and people are now allowed to see family and friends, though it's got to be one at a time, outdoors, and maintaining a two—metre distance, as our correspondent judith moritz reports. i can't wait to see her.
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i can't wait to just be in the same sort of vicinity as her. sarah hasn't seen her daughter olivia since lockdown started. today she's driving to meet her face—to—face for the first time in seven weeks. i'm on my way. yay! 0k, how long will you be? probably just about five minutes. olivia has had a lot to cope with without her mum. she's had to postpone her wedding and she has a young baby too. not really fussed about anything else, to be honest. just seeing her. this is a big moment? yeah, really big. at last, they are reunited. but in line with english social distancing guidelines, so olivia can't hug her mum and her baby has had to stay at home. the first thing i wanted to do was just run over and give her a hug, because that's the sort of thing we'd normally do. and to stop yourself is really hard. i was kind of having to hold my hands back from going, "i just want to give you a hug, just want to hold your hand"
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or something like that. i would have loved to have brought the baby, but it's about keeping everyone safe at the end of the day. and at home is the best place for her. the new guidance allows people to spend longer outdoors as long as those meeting up stick to the two metre rule. though in england to the police don't have though in england the police don't have the power to enforce that. the government says the reason why it's ok for two members of different households to meet at a park like this is because it's a public place, so easier to maintain social distancing. for that reason, they still don't want people to meet privately in the garden at home. the rules mean there is no longer a limit on the length of time you can spend exercising. it's also now ok to meet someone outside without being active, so shelly and fiona were reunited for a picnic. we are best friends, and i've not seen herfor ages. so we thought we'd just get together and have a natter. it'sjust nice to see a friend. you can tell them more than what you can tell them, can't you?
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laughter. your husband's getting on your nerves, so... yeah. there are no longer any restrictions on how far people can travel for recreation, and the beach at exmouth in devon was already attracting visitors. say hi, grandma! but our new freedoms only go so far. for now, despite being able to visit her mum, olivia will have to carry on using online video to bring the whole family together. judith moritz, bbc news, cheshire. that's it. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. have a very good night.
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welcome to bbc news. time for us to look at the national and international front pages time for us to look at the national and internationalfront pages in the pages. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are katy balls — the deputy political editor of spectator, and broadcaster david davies. tomorrow's front pages, starting with. ..
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they're quite busy. let's start with the times. it reports that the uk prime minister has been told by senior conservatives not to raise taxes or cut spending, despite the rising costs of the pandemic. the mirror carries a warning, from the police federation's boss, that freezing the pay of public sector workers would be a betrayal of those on the covid frontline. according to the telegraph, a coronavirus antibody test has been approved by public health england. the daily mail leads on its campaign to supply doctors, nurses, and care staff with personal protective equipment. borisjohnson has been quizzed in the house of commons over 10,000 "unexplained" care home deaths — that's on the front page of the metro. the guardian also reports on the situation in care homes — it says ministers are facing fresh criticism of failing to protect the elderly and vulnerable against the outbreak. the chair of the us federal reserve says additional fiscal support may be costly but "worth it" to avoid long—term economic damage.
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that's according to the financial times. and the international version of the new york times leads on the spiralling cororonavirus death toll in latin america — a situation which, it says, has been made worse by underfunded hospitals and stretched resources. so let's begin. thank you to both of you forjoining us thank you to both of you forjoining us virtually this evening to look at the papers. the first paper we look at is the daily telegraph. the front page here talking about these antibody tests, which according to the paper, the government has briefed that it has now had these antibody tests approved, and the government wants "as many as we can get our hands on to get people back to work". if true and if it comes through, this could be a game changer? yes, we've been hearing about antibody tests for some time from the government. i think near
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the beginning of this crisis, boris johnson at the press conferences was talking about how they would be a game changer if you could find one that was effective and accurate. the problem up until now is that all the antibody test government put big orders forjust weren't antibody test government put big orders for just weren't accurate enough, and there was too much of a margin of error. and what the telegraph has reported is that fact that a swiss company has a reliable test, so they are putting in a very large order. now why is this important? because i think initially, we had a situation where if you think about key workers, held dell macro care workers who are unsure if they've had coronavirus, they may infect people. also there are concerns about whether or not they could be infected and, if there isa they could be infected and, if there is a suggestion that you had a light of immunity, that could make it
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easier to work out who should be going to work. there's been some talk about immunity certificates. we do know something the government has been thinking about is one way to get people back to work to getting an immunity certificate if they've had the antibody is because they've had the antibody is because they've had coronavirus, because the thinking is that you have some immunity towards the illness. those are the two things we've heard from all this. david, of course immunity passports have been criticised as an idea because some people are worried that you could fake an immunity passport, and also we are not even sure whether you are completely immune. is that 100% the case? no it isn't, surely. i don't think anyone isn't, surely. i don't think anyone is certain of that, but a number of papers report that experts expect those who have had covid—19 to be immune for 2—3 years. but if you notice something, i'm worried when i
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read this story — i'm told in the second paragraph that the department of health is in negotiation with the swiss health care company to buy millions of kits. then further down in the story, i'm told that germany has ordered 5 million tests per month. so are we behind the curve again on something like this? you do wonder. if that is the case, as for lots of these things to do with coronavirus, because it is notjust happening to one country, there is a global pressure and a global competition, we see that in ppe, every country is scrambling to get it. some more successfully than others. so if we have countries making all these tests, it could ta ke making all these tests, it could take longer to get it. but i think if people have winning formulas, whatever it is, whether it is towards a vaccine, and antibody test oi’ towards a vaccine, and antibody test or clinical treatment, you can
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imagine that the demand, because they will do mass production in a way you wouldn't quite expect in normal times, it can get things moved. david, would that mass production satisfy the needs of huge populations like germany's in britain's? well that is the big question, how would it be rolled out? you would hope this would go some considerable distance towards reaching boris's target of testing, what is it, 200,000 plus people per day? we got past 100,000 rather remarkably on one particular day, and it doesn't seem to have been there since. now whether the people have not come forward for the testing, it is still unclear to me, anyway. moving on to the times, the front page of the times, the pm told not to raise taxes. this is
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a p pa re ntly not to raise taxes. this is apparently — boris johnson not to raise taxes. this is apparently — borisjohnson has been warned by senior conservatives not to raise taxes or cut spending to pay for all the money being spent on the pandemic. and one wonders that if they are being told not to raise taxes or cut spending, where will the money come from?” taxes or cut spending, where will the money come from? i think it comes down to timing. the treasure document that leaked to the telegraph in yesterday's papers, well technically today — it forecast lots of high, eye watering figures when it came to spending. and one of the things is that we could have £337 billion budget deficit this year. so what is the uk do in response? now the treasury document put forward several options. it didn't say what was the correct option, but it included a public—sector pay freeze and also ways to raise taxes. now this has people worried, but i think the then
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government and obviously downing street — there is some sense of things you might have done under david cameron and george osborne are just not politically possible right now. so with the current mood in the country, and the message coming from the conservatives at the election, public sector pay freezes are politically toxic. but what do they do? ithink politically toxic. but what do they do? i think the question is, is it the case that we are going to have a conservative party that is trying to get very comfortable with high levels of borrowing, given their low interest rates? or are they going to have to do something — if they have to pick between cuts and taxes, i would say taxes are more likely. david, public sector pay freeze after what's happened in the last six weeks would go down like a sack of potatoes. you would have thought so, and one of the other newspapers set for tomorrow morning is highly critical of that, and the word betrayal of course is being cast around in that area. but you know
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something? there is some advice in this story from lord lamont — yes, he of black wednesday fame — who i assume is one of those senior conservatives warning forests against either raising taxes or spending dashboards. his conclusion is overtime, spending dashboards. his conclusion is over time, the problem of borrowing and the deficit will have to be addressed. and you do wonder when — i think katie mentioned there that figure of £337 billion, the budget deficit expected now this year. compare that to what the relatively still relatively new chancellor was talking about in his most recent budget, which was a mere £55 billion. so that is a huge increase. a lot of money being talked about there. moving the new york times, and an international
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