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even some fancy dress as people showed their appreciation on this anniversary. this has taught us all together, actually. i know it has not been good, but for the community, actually. i know it has not been good, but forthe community, it actually. i know it has not been good, but for the community, it has. a call for urgent action to resolve the problems in social care once and for all. ministers say a plan will be brought forward. thousands more staff are to be sent into job centres amid fears of a sharp increase in unemployment. and lewis hamilton and 13 fellow drivers begin the formula i season in austria by taking the knee. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow.
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with me are journalist and broadcaster caroline frost, and the deputy political editor of the independent, rob merrick. welcome back to both of you. let's have a look through some of the pages we have already got in. the metro leads on celebrations to mark the 72nd anniversary of the nhs, including a spitfire flypast over cambridgeshire. the i leads on news of a new package of funding for the arts. along with many other papers. it says thousands of venues will be saved from closure with apparently over £1.5 billion committed by ministers. the daily express describes it as a "lifeline for british culture" and says it is hoped the cash will help whilst social distancing makes it difficult for venues to reopen. the times leads with other economic measures. it says the chancellor will reveal plans this week to lift the threshold at which property buyers pay stamp duty to as much as £500,000. the telegraph reports something else it believes will be announced: cash bonuses by the government to hire
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young people as trainees, to try to alleviate post—coronavirus unemployment. £1000 for each trainee. the financial times warns that despite the hospitality sector beginning to reopen in england this weekend, many people working in the sector are fearful that the pandemic will present a longer term challenge. another area of the economy that's reopened this weekend is leisure attractions, including theme parks. pictured are thrillseekers on the roller—coaster at blackpool pleasure beach. and on the daily mail, the pm calls on the nation to "roll up their sleeves" and clean up the rubbish discarded in lockdown, as part of keep britain tidy‘s great british spring clean. so let's begin. welcome back, both of you. below the picture of the spitfire, the show
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will go on. the link with that wartime spirit, we will meet again, the show will go on, the campaign by the show will go on, the campaign by the papers for funding to the show will go on, the campaign by the papers forfunding to keep the show will go on, the campaign by the papers for funding to keep the a rts the papers for funding to keep the arts sector alive. yes, i think we have seen a lot of that spirit being siphoned and channelled to communications is from the government in recent weeks. this is certainly a lifeline. it is fair to say the arts industry as a whole has been on a cliff edge since the beginning of the pandemic. the lights really did go out in the west end and they have been out ever since. there is no sign of them coming back on ever —— any time $0011. coming back on ever —— any time soon. it does not mean they will be rescued overnight because we have all the social distancing implications and so many guidelines and regulations, but this is certainly a finger in the diet. it isa certainly a finger in the diet. it is a way of saying all those people that were a threat of losing their jobs, this is coming too late for them. some people say this is a foot
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dragging exercise on behalf of government. they are quick to talk about how the arts is a wonderful international blow, but with so many things on their debt, this is going to the bottom of the pile. an incredibly potent pr exercise by some very high—powered names like helen mirren, patrick stewart, michael sheen, andrew lloyd webber. everyone has gathered their forces and the government has responded. some big institutions as well as small ones. the royal opera house among them. yes, they are the ones that have grab the headlines. the oi'ies that have grab the headlines. the ones close to my house either independent music venues that i like to go to. they will be places that will stay shut for a long time to come so we will stay shut for a long time to come so we wait to see whether this money is enough for them. my heart sanka money is enough for them. my heart sank a bit when i heard the chancellor calling a world leading package tonight, world leading was the phrase used for our testing syste m the phrase used for our testing system which turned out not to have any tests. but it only cost £11
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million. yes, what i was going to say is this time may world leading is correct, because it has had a really good reception from people in the entertainment world tonight. they do seem genuinely delighted by the money that has been announced, so we can the money that has been announced, so we can only hope that it will suffice. the bitter pill still is that these venues have to remain closed for a long time. it seems the government will underline that message this week. sorry, i was being slightly facetious on that. first rule of television, don't be facetious. £1.5 billion to the arts as thejob facetious. £1.5 billion to the arts as the job crisis looms. it is interesting that theatre will not have the numbers they need to break even until the social distancing rules are abolished, it seems. yes, one of my friends on a social media this evening has moved to the idea
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that perhaps we can somehow glue these two problems together. there is not enough tv being made, actors are out of work. we could make this for tv. we have seen a version of that from a theatre company. however, as you say, no instant remedies. it is not world leading i am afraid, like so many other things. i think other european countries have already given more and more quickly to their flagging a rts and more quickly to their flagging arts sectors. as a matter of interest, what sort of audience to theatres need just to break even?m depends how much the production is. if you look at something like a west end extravaganza that may not only rely on a huge premier, it is proper bums on seats four years at a time and then you have the international productions on top of that, something like a fantastic app
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beasts, cats, they basically budget to have year upon year of mostly tourist, another challenge, but in terms of the small and independent theatres is that you don't have the buffer, you haven't got that deep pocket of emergency backup, which is why we have seen the theatre closing itself, its doors. they don't have the emergency facility which is why they are relying on furlough. in terms of the social media, distancing guidelines, who is to know what a theatrical experience is going to look like? perhaps they will be a novel way of enjoying a fresh way of perceiving theatre, but i have to say ijust fresh way of perceiving theatre, but i have to say i just want the fresh way of perceiving theatre, but i have to say ijust want the big crowds to come back. i have to say ijust want the big crowds to come backlj i have to say ijust want the big crowds to come back. i suppose may a virtual mosh pit. that's go to the independent. a lovely picture of the national gallery reopening for the press over the weekend. i think it is tuesday. but again, the plan is
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1.5 billion, it sounds a lot of money, but how big is this in terms of the industry for the uk when you think about the summer seasons, christmas, tourism that the arts attract as well? i can't sit here tonight and tell you how that money compares to what is actually needed or what was asked for. it is just impossible to say. the same people do appear to be genuinely delighted with the money that has come and gone. as i say, i do wonder whether perhaps ina gone. as i say, i do wonder whether perhaps in a day or two, people will be thinking, well, what we really wanted was a sign that venues could reopen quickly. it seems as if the government is going to tell us there really is no prospect of that in the near future, or perhaps even no prospect for crowds to come back to sporting fixtures, thinking about that, cricket, we are hopeful that perhaps they can get 10% of the
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crowd in. it looks as if it will be quite depressing news on that front, which is maybe even more important. yes, the government has been briefing quite heavily to the monday morning papers as they usually do. under the picture of boris with two doctors who treated him when he was in hospital. they went for a cup of tea another ten before clapping for the 72nd birthday of the nhs. a stamp duty, don't know when or how much is tax threshold will be raised by, but the indications are, the lea ks a re by, but the indications are, the leaks are suggesting up to half £1 million. that is quite significant. yes, this is called a summer statement, but it is a budget by any other name. i don't think anyone could possibly have foreseen we would be giving quite some way out of his purse in his first year in the cabinet. but, yes, no stamp
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duty, possibly up to as much as £5,000, he is desperate to give a rocket fuel up the housing industry, but again, we are told to go into restau ra nts a nd but again, we are told to go into restaurants and spend money on meals, on drinks, go to the cinema, go to the theatre, support that your cultural industry, and while you are there, my house! we are told there is no guarantee that any of us will be in employment this time it here, so be in employment this time it here, so there is this desperate urge on the part of the government to boost everybody posit confidence, and i feel personally i would rather have some guarantees that my security rather than all these opportunities... i suppose they think with interest rates at practically zero, money is cheap to borrow. but you have a point. not eve ryo ne borrow. but you have a point. not everyone can eat out, dine out, go to the theatre and buy a new flat. caroline made a really good point. no doubt if this happens, and it is
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mooted rather than definitely coming this weeks, if it happens, it will be very popular. i was struck by a common a couple of weeks ago when an mp suggested he had to go to the pub to save the economy. here it seems to save the economy. here it seems to be you have to go out and buy a house to say the economy. but many of the long—term economic problems are because our economy is based on services and a housing industry. perhaps lots of people think this crisis and opportunity, don't waste the crisis. rebuild a better economy, one that is based on industry, tackling the climate emergency rather than simply services and housing. yes, although, caroline, they are stressing that a lot of the newjobs and these training apprenticeships are going to involve green jobs as well. let's move on because we are running out of time. the telegraph storyjust at the bottom of the front page, plans to keep huawei until 2029. a china
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group arms, a group of tories saying huawei should be stripped out of the network way before 2029. we have this looming security report on just the fragility, instability of that network, and just how much infiltration it threatens to the british infrastructure of 56. these tory, mostly backbenchers are saying if borisjohnson perseveres with this, he will have a whole load of people breathing down his neck, promising or threatening, depending on which way you look at it, anti— chinese legislation that will go in those bills. does he really want those bills. does he really want those headaches? they say their agreement is cut everything, not only slash out the it then bobs that is already existing, but also pledge to have no more new stuff coming in. that is 35% of the promised sg broadband that is going to a p pa re ntly broadband that is going to apparently be transport this country. when it is advice change?
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0nly country. when it is advice change? only a few months ago borisjohnson said he would go ahead as long as only 35% i think it was in control of the new 56 network? yes, that's right. i look at the store and i think it is incredible how the story has changed in just think it is incredible how the story has changed injust six months. only six months ago the pm gave the go—ahead, and now that has gone altogether. forget it. the party will not accept it, the parties seem to have that did 56 simply cannot happen, we are talking about stripping out huawei public involvement in presumably 46 and 36, but in our current communication network, and we are arguing about a date for stripping out existing involvement. that is a huge turnaround from where we were at the start of the year, and it shows the government has been on the back foot on this issue, but of course it overwhelmingly shows our attitude to china is changing at a rate of knots. you could make the parallel with science, couldn't you?
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intelligence is never clear—cut, so perhaps you can draw different conclusions even from the same report. although i was interested to read the former head of m16 has called on the government to distance itself from china as well. clearly, thatis itself from china as well. clearly, that is an interesting metaphor that you draw. the other thing is looking to the past and as you said with scientists, looking to the future, because potentially we may have a different powerhouse in the us from november, which again, will shift the kaleidoscope in terms of relations and perhaps all that us stuff will come into play and we are still very much on the hoof, as i am sure everybody in the government is. the front page picture on the telegraph, a lovely photograph of nurses or dock is outside... i am not sure which hospital it is. only london hospitaljoin in the run—up
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ploys for the second —— join in thanking the hospital for the ploys for the second —— join in thanking the hospitalfor the nhs. a lot of calls for more funding, more cash, not only for the nhs, which some people call the national hospital service, but for the whole social care system. yes, the original thursday night clap came to an end and the woman who had the brilliant idea is starting it in the first place felt it had to, she felt it was politicised and felt increasingly uneasy about it. maybe it was the right solution that it came back one day to celebrate the birthday and seen lots of people really enjoyed taking part today. as you say, what they would probably enjoy even more is certainty in the weeks to come that the nhs is going to get the money that it needs because not only to tackle the continuing virus crisis and the fear ofa
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continuing virus crisis and the fear of a second bite, but of course

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