hello, this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk's top medical and scientific advisers will issue a stark warning on the pandemic in uk warning that the uk stands on a critical point. in madrid, more than 800,000 residents have been ordered to stay at home to combat a large rise in infection rates there. a leak of confidential documents reveal how the husband of a conservative mp was secretly funded by russian oligarch with close ties to president putin. 0ne with close ties to president putin. one of britain's opposition parties will set out a for the uk economy at the labour party virtual conference.

the uk government agrees new emergency deals with train companies to continue to cover any losses on the railways caused by low passenger numbers. the drama succession, created by british writerjesse armstrong, was among the big winners at the television emmy awards in los angeles. in the next hour, the uk's most senior scientific and medical advisers will lay out the details of the upsurge in cases in covid—i9. in a live televised briefing they are expected to lay the ground for further possible restrictions will stop professor chris whitty, the england chief medical officer, alongside chief scientific adviser sir patrick vallance will warn the uk is ata sir patrick vallance will warn the uk is at a critical point in the pandemic and heading in the wrong

direction. sir patrick will explain how the virus is spreading in the uk and potential scenarios that could evolve as winter approaches. they will draw on data from countries like spain, which saw protests in its capital yesterday and also france. both countries are experiencing a second surge in infections. the latest government figures show how the virus is spreading in the uk. the seven day average number of new cases per day in the last week was 3679. our political correspondent ian watson has this. could i ask professor whitty and sir patrick vallance... chris whitty and sir patrick vallance were the mainstays of the downing street press conferences when the virus was at its peak, so you can assume that their briefing this morning on the latest data won't convey good news. professor whitty‘s likely to say that the uk is going in the wrong direction and that a very challenging winter lies ahead. the two men spent much of yesterday afternoon behind downing street's black door poring over the data with the health secretary, the chancellor and the prime minister himself.

what's been concerning some of those inside number ten are predictions that there could be a significant rise in deaths by covid by the end of next month unless further action is taken. ministers agree there should not be a full national lockdown, but there are tensions around the cabinet table over precisely which more limited measures to take. and not very far from downing street, people say they are simply looking for clarity. i think something has to be done because you do hear a lot of people actually disobeying the rules and it's affecting everyone, and a wake—up call is good. if there is a measure that can be taken to stop people doing silly things and they need to be at home, be smart and protecting people, then so be it. you could say, "look, the rule of six is about as simple as you can get," but there's so many anomalies you can understand why people don't quite know what's going on. and then fining somebody £1000 when there could be a very legitimate reason why they didn't understand — all that's going to do is alienate people and the only way

this is ever going to work is if you get the public on your side. keeping people onside could be a challenge for the government because it does seem likely some restrictions in areas of local lockdowns, particularly in the leisure industry, could be extended temporarily across england, but the government's options have not yet become firm decisions. iain watson, bbc news. we can talk to health correspondent nick triggle. let's go through the numbers, because they are crucial as we await patrick vallance and chris whitty in just under an hour. we await patrick vallance and chris whitty injust under an hour. where are we with the number of cases? there is concern about the cases that are rising. looking at the chart, we can see what has been happening. we can see in recent weeks it has been rising quite sharply, over 3600 cases per day on average. a couple of weeks ago we talked about young people, it was circulating a lot among young people

but the latest data suggests that has spread to other age groups. but these are just the cases we are detecting. we know there are problems with the testing systems so this surveillance suggests there are twice as many cases out there as being detected. this chart can be a bit misleading because it looks like we are well on the way to the peak we are well on the way to the peak we saw in the spring. back then we we re we saw in the spring. back then we were finding the tip of the iceberg. we were only really testing in hospitals. targeted testing. that meant if you looked at the wider community, estimate suggested there we re community, estimate suggested there were 100,000 cases out there, not 5000, so while we see these rises, we are nowhere near where we were in the spring. that's why some people say we have to focus more on hospital admissions. we can perhaps see a chart charting those hospital admissions. this is a sign of those people falling ill, those serious cases we are most concerned about.

the peak in the spring, over 3000 admissions per day to hospital. we can see that it has begun to rise again as cases have risen and we are now starting to see hospital admissions rising. is that for all illnesses or just admissions rising. is that for all illnesses orjust covid? just covid —related admissions. people who have had a positive test in the last two weeks. it is beginning to rise slightly but people are not sure about whether that is just a gentle drift upwards that you would expect at this time of year when respiratory viruses do circulate more and we have reopened society, or whether it's the start of a rapid rise that will take us somewhere towards the peak. we will hear from the chief scientific adviser and chief medical adviser about some of their concerns and some of the projections and modelling that has been done behind but what everyone accepts, i think, been done behind but what everyone accepts, ithink, and been done behind but what everyone accepts, i think, and the government accepts, i think, and the government accepts is, it will be a difficult winter and deaths will rise. looking

at another chart, this isn'tjust looking at coronavirus tests, this is all deaths each week in england and wales over the past few years and wales over the past few years and we can see the sharp peak most recently, that was in march and april at the peak of the pandemic, with more than 20,000 people dying, twice as many as normal for that time of year. but looking back, there are also increases in previous yea rs there are also increases in previous years in the winter because winter death rates can increase by a third ora death rates can increase by a third or a half above where we tend to be in september. you can see in 2017 and 18, it was the worst winter in recent yea rs. and 18, it was the worst winter in recent years. there were an extra 50,000 people dying above what was happening during the rest of the year. there was a virulent flu strain that year, the vaccine was not particularly effective and it was a cold winter. so many experts

warn we will see those numbers again, but we don't want to end up back at the sharp peak at the end. professor from oxford university says there are many more registered deaths from flu and pneumonia than covid at the moment to get to the public is only given a daily diet of covid. is that accurate? there is a huge focus on covid at the moment. flu and pneumonia deaths have been relatively low levels all year but at the moment there are more flu and pneumonia deaths than there are from and related to coronavirus. what is unknown is what will happen this winter. we will have flu and coronavirus circulating and coronavirus circulating and coronavirus could end up pushing the flu out and we could see very low flu out and we could see very low flu deaths and coronavirus increase because it is a new virus and people have very limited immunity and cases are rising and the concern is that

it does spread. in order to bring these cases down as we head towards autumn and winter what kind of restrictions will the prime minister be thinking about introducing? there has been a lot of talk in the last few days and over the weekend about this idea of a circuit breaker. what does that mean? it is not a full lockdown but they are talking about a short sharp imposition of quite severe restrictions on what people can do. we are told they will definitely keep schools open, that's a priority, and work places where people have to go to their place of work to actually work rather than work to actually work rather than work at home. that mightjust last for two weeks and the argument is if you do it now, when cases are still relatively low, you are more likely to have a bigger impact and it gives a bit of time to sort out the testing problems we have been talking about. then you open up again and cases go up again. don't

we need to find a balance so we can live with some restrictions that limit certain social interactions, but which also limits the infections so we are but which also limits the infections so we are not veering. absolutely, and there are arguments behind—the—scenes amongst both ministers and also between scientific and medical advisers who are arguing about it. lockdown is a blunt tool that just defers the problem and we need to find a more sustainable solution, the argument goes. bbc one, bbc news and possibly even bbc two, you will be able to hear chris whitty and patrick valla nce hear chris whitty and patrick vallance at 11 o'clock so stay tuned. we can now talk to professor 0liverjohnson from the school of mathematics at bristol university. in terms of the figures, how much of the infection cases are doubling each week? i think that's the right way to think about it. at the moment, maybe things are doubling around every fortnight. it is

important to say that it is something to be concerned about but not something to panic about. i have tried to advocate a centrist position on this. it's nothing like as bad as it was in march, that is the first thing to say, but you can think about this like a bank account. if i offered to lend you money and the interest rate was 5% today, it's clear that grows out of control very fast. so if things go up control very fast. so if things go 0 control very fast. so if things go up 5% today, in total it will go up 100 times by christmas, so that is the thing that concerns us. if it is doubling every couple of weeks then it will catch us in the end? absolutely. there is a compound interest effect, here. if there is a so—called circuit breaker, that would buy your set bit of time, that's all, so is that how you see it? i think that's probably fair. there has been a lot of discussion

about the r, and people have internalised the idea that it being above one is bad. that's because we we re above one is bad. that's because we were told that if it is above one it grows exponentially. things can grow exponentially but just grows exponentially. things can grow exponentially butjust not as grows exponentially. things can grow exponentially but just not as fast as before. that is what is happening now. a useful way to think about it, the r number is around 1.3 at the moment so that roughly means we need to cut out around a quarter of the infectious contacts that are going on at the moment, which would take us on at the moment, which would take us back down below one. so i don't think it's a case of needing a full lockdown and we understand lockdown has consequences for the economy and other forms of health, but it may be that we all need to start being a bit more restricted in the interactions we are having. that might mean potentially we can't... in england you can mix with six people from different households and they might reduce that number or stop the mixing of different households and that could cut out infectious cases by around a quarter, could it? i don't know if

that would work. part of the problem is we are always seeing this with a lag, you can implement measures today but you don't start to see that working through in terms of infections and cases for around ten days so it is a slow feedback mechanism. one of the problems is that some positive tests are not coming back quickly enough, not within 2a hours. why is that a bad thing? it's a bad thing for at least two reasons. one reason is that if you are healthy, you would have to sit at home and self—isolate while you wait for the results. and also if you are not healthy and have the condition, it means the contact tracing process isn't anything like as efficient as it could be. the key with contact tracing is to get in there first. after around five days, there first. after around five days, the people you have infected then become infectious so if they haven't been caught in those five days then

contact tracing can't do its job. thank you for speaking to us. new restrictions have come into force in parts of the spanish capital of madrid to combat a sharp rise in cases there as much of europe faces a second wave of infections. more than 800,000 residents have been affected. this was the scene a short while ago in one particular neighbourhood of madrid, one of the densely populated and lower income areas now under lockdown. the lockdown blast or two weeks and movement in and out of 37 areas in the city have been limited and groups of no more than six have been allowed to gather. we have an independent correspond in spain and he explains how there is a lot of anger in the capital. a lot of people are very unhappy about these restrictions. they feel they are being marginalised and these measures are unfair. they also complain that the authorities in madrid should invest more in health

provisions. they say doctors' surgeries are depleted and doctors and nurses are off because they are either suffering from covered or there are just enough. they fear authorities should do more to help them. —— mike suffering from covid. those doctor surgeries are reduced in numbers in terms of staff and one ina in numbers in terms of staff and one in a place you referred to had a notice board outside on friday listing how many doctors and nurses we re listing how many doctors and nurses were available. they say they are doing their best but things were tough at the moment. it remains to be seen how it will pan out. bearing in mind the mood, one of anger, it may be that some people defy their measures. 0ther may be that some people defy their measures. other people make the point that they have to travel across madrid for work. they are allowed to do that under the

restrictions but if there are high levels of infection where they live, surely that will spread the infection in other areas. they question whether these measures will actually work. the uk government has ended the rail franchise system after agreeing a new emergency funding deals with train companies. taxpayers will continue to cover any losses on the railways for another 18 months during which time ministers will overhaul the way trains are run. transport correspond that tom burridge explains the change. welcome to the country's busiest train station before the pandemic, but that relatively quiet scene at the height of rush hour is why these new emergency deals between the train companies and the government are needed. the government has agreed to continue to cover the losses on the railways for another 18 months. a significant period of time. since march the government says there has been a shortfall on the railways because of the lower passenger numbers of

around £3.5 billion. 0ne industry source told me the figure is much higher than that, or significantly higher than that, but that bill, the huge bill is picked up by us, the taxpayers. during that 18 month period the government wants to carry out broader reforms on the railways. the f word, franchising, is out. the government is looking at bringing in concessions. those are new contracts. they are already running on the london 0verground here in the capital. under a franchise, a train company could win big or lose if passenger numbers went up or down. in a concession any profit or loss is picked up by the government body backing the railway. remember, you might not, that debate before the pandemic about whether our railways should be nationalised or not. well, this morning we are moving towards a model which is more similar to a nationalised model, but of course, the pandemic hangs over everything.

it greatly affects the passenger numbers on the network, and therefore, the losses and the huge financial bill for the government. a leak of confidential documents involving $2 trillion of transactions has revealed how the husband of one of the biggest donors to britain's conservative party was secretly funded by a russian oligarch with close ties to president putin. the revelation comes from thousands of leaked "suspicious activity reports", which were sent by banks around the world to the us treasury. andy verity reports. in this unprecedented leak, thousands of reports of suspicious activity filed by banks to alert us authorities were leaked to buzzfeed news and passed to the international consortium of investigativejournalists and bbc panorama. they reveal some of the international banking system's most closely guarded secrets.

in one example, a payment of $8 million flagged as suspicious was sent to a russian businessman and former minister living in britain, vladimir chernukhin, in 2016. it initially came from this man, suleiman kerimov, a billionaire ally of president putin. in 2018 he was sanctioned by the us who were targeting those they said played a key role in advancing russia's malign activities. mr chernukhin‘s wife, lubov chernukhin, has become famous for donating large sums to the conservative party in exchange for tennis matches with david cameron and boris johnson. and paying £135,000 for a night out with theresa may. in total, she's donated £1.7 million. most of it since her husband received the $8 million from kerimov. the chernukhins, pleasant people that they may be, are not fit and proper people to make donations to a british political party and it looks and feels and is really troubling, if you see that people are paying

money into the conservative party coffers and getting this level of access and therefore presumably influence as a result. the conservative party said british russians have a democratic right to donate to a political party. the chernukhins‘ lawyers say mrs chernukhin never received money deriving from mr kerimov and mr kerimov says he's had no dealings with mrs chernukhin but neither disputed the $8 million payment to her husband. andy verity, bbc news. is there anything between the links between russia and political power in uk that should worry people? last yeari in uk that should worry people? last year i interviewed an author and we discussed how we believe that many yea rs discussed how we believe that many years ago vladimir putin recognised the old fashioned spies and sex

scandals and beige macintoshes were outdated. he started to use money, he did so in america. he has clearly compromised many institutions in the uk. dark money within politics is a very bad thing because human nature, if you do a favour, you expect one in return i do have to wonder, what if anything, is expected in return for these wonderfully high donations from this lady and her husband. she got a game of tennis with various conservative prime ministers. well, did she only get a game of tennis or what it connections, contacts, networks? there should be no perceived conflict in politics. it isa perceived conflict in politics. it is a bad and dangerous then. the unopposed elected district of attorney in new york was once asked why he didn't run to become

president and he said, i won't ask for favours and i president and he said, i won't ask forfavours and i don't president and he said, i won't ask for favours and i don't want to give any bank. the inference being, to reach that office in america you have to give and receive favours. how transparent our political donations in the uk? it's not an area where i am an expert. but i think they should be really transparent. there's a problem with the offshore world. if something is offshore, it is therefore a reason, to keep it away from onshore, where there is far more scrutiny. there is a lack of access and information when it goes offshore so when it happens like that you have to wonder why people using these channels and what is it they are trying to achieve or perhaps even hide. to conservative party says it's com pletely conservative party says it's completely wrong to smear all british russians with the same brush. absolutely, i agree with that. thank you for speaking to us, martin woods, financial crime

consultant. the iconic taj mahal has reopened to visitors even as india looks set to overtake the us as the global leader in coronavirus infections. the building has been closed since march. strict social distancing rules have been imposed and daily visitor numbers will be capped at 5,000, a quarter the normal rate. india has recorded more than 5.4 million covid cases. around 100,000 new infections and over 1,000 deaths are being reported daily. the emmy awards — television's version of the oscars — have taken place in los angeles. the ceremony was an entirely virtual affair because of the coronavirus, and there were wins for the series succession and watchmen, as well as the canadian sitcom schitt‘s creek. from los angeles, david willis reports. this was the first major hollywood awards show of the covid era

and one of the oddest ever. hello and welcome to the pand—emmys. there was no red carpet, no star—studded audience. the host, jimmy kimmel, broadcasting from an empty theatre. just like prom night. the show dependent on more than 100 different wi—fi feeds from the living rooms, bedrooms or back gardens of the nominees. hello, everybody, congratulations! having hijacked the proceedings, the coronavirus was also the butt of many of the jokes. sanitised for your protection! jennifer aniston helping to sanitise the winners' envelope before setting fire to the germs. some of the winning nominees... as if the whole thing wasn't surreal enough, the trophies were presented by people in hazmat suits designed to look like tuxedos. that, the first emmy of the night for the canadian sitcom schitt‘s creek, which swept the board in the comedy awards. fittingly perhaps, following a summer of protest over racial injustice, this was the most diverse group of nominees ever, according to the emmy producers. regina king, watchmen. and the hbo series watchmen, a timely take on racism and police

violence in america, walked off with four awards. succession. the hbo drama succession won three emmys, prompting what might be the first un—thank yous from its british creator. un—thank you to the virus for keeping us all apart this year. un—thank you to president trump for his crummy and uncoordinated response. un—thank you to boris johnson and his government for doing the same in my country. the medium these awards honour has rarely been more relevant given the isolation caused by the coronavirus. the emmys mark the start of the hollywood awards season, one that promises to be the most unconventional ever. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. are part of at least 200 wales has become stranded on a sand off the

west coast of tasmania. marine biologists are rushing to the area to try to free the whales who have become trapped. tasmanian police say the pod is a group of pilot whales, frequently involved in mass strandings in the australian state. around 25 have died. the other two groups are on the sand bars and in water currently. we can bring you a look at the weather with matt. after a lovely weekend across many parts of the country the summer conditions continue foremost into the start of this week. but it's a week of big weather change and wardrobe change in season change with some of the coming autumn. starting off this week with temperatures high as 20 degrees in north—east scotland, 26 in south—east england, switching from southerly to northerly winds from the middle of the week onwards. blue showing colder air pushing down from

the north, by which stage at the end of the week, 9—11; will be the high temperatures, much colder than we should be at this stage of the year. we started this morning with mist and fog but that will clear into the afternoon with blue skies for many across england, wales and east of scotland. clad across western areas, thick and bad for the hebrides and far north of the mainland. we will see a freshening breeze with 12—14 the hide. a fine end to the day before the vast majority. through tonight, many staying dry with mist and fog developing through parts of england and wales with more clout to the north and west stopping temperatures dropping too much but the rain across the north of scotla nd the rain across the north of scotland becomes heavier and more persistent. the coolest tomorrow morning across eastern areas where we start with the best of the morning sunshine. more cloud around tomorrow, most starting the day dry with mist and fog across england and wales clearing. the cloud breaking up, sunny spells across the afternoon but across scotland, the far west of england and wales,

isolated showers, more persistent rain with the wind touching england and wales. sunshine and light wind further east and it could be warmer than today with 25 or 26 possible in eastern parts of england. then the changes start. tuesday night, rain spreading from northern into the west of england and england and wales and scotland. on wednesday money, temperatures low enough for a touch of frost across scotland and northern ireland. lingering summer once in the south—east but that will be swept away with the weather fronts as we go through wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain across england and wales, turning dry for a time and then another set of weather fronts coming in with strengthening wind, outbreaks of rain. the big story is the drop in temperature, aberdeen, 19—10. luton, 23—12.

this is bbc news, and victoria derbyshire, good morning. the top stories. the uk's top scientific and medical advisers will issue a stark message this morning on the state of the coronavirus pandemic, warning the uk stands at a "critical point". in madrid, more than 800,000 residents have been ordered to stay at home to combat a sharp rise in infections and deaths there. a leak of confidential documents involving £2 trillion of transactions reveal how the husband of one of the conservative party's biggest donors, was secretly funded by a russian oligarch, with close ties to president putin. labour will set out its 3—step plan for the economy and its virtual conference saying a labour government would create jobs, retrain workers and rebuild business. the uk government agrees new emergency deals with train companies to continue to cover any

losses on the railways caused by low passenger numbers. us presidential candidate joe biden says it would be an abuse of power if republican senators confirm any us supreme court nominee put forward by donald trump before november's election. there is no official labour party conference this year because of coronavirus. replacing it is a series of virtual events, including key speeches, streamed out of labour hq. we will hear one of those speeches, ordip into it we will hear one of those speeches, or dip into it into a moment. let's talk to our political correspondent ellie price. who are we expecting to hear from and what will she say? this morning we will hear from the shadow chancellor anneliese dodds who will be making her virtual speech in about five minutes or so's time. she is going to talk about the three r is going to talk about the three r is asi is going to talk about the three r is as i understand it, this morning soi is as i understand it, this morning so i will get them right, recovering jobs, retraining workers and rebuilding businesses. the other

pa rt rebuilding businesses. the other part of her speech will also go on to criticise some of the decisions made by this government on the way it has handled some of the covid policies it has implemented. so for example, the way money has been spent on face masks and some of the ppe that may be has had to be recalled because it didn't work properly. she talks about a cavalier attitude of the government and mismanagement of billions of pounds of money that has been spent by the government. i think there is a sort of interesting tone at this conference. we cannot call it a conference, it is called labour connected this year. labour finds itself in an awkward position with all this going on with covid—19. 0f course, there needs to be plenty of political discussion from the labour party but i think there is a sense really that labour needs to get the messaging right on how it criticises the government. you have heard some of the criticisms of some of the money spent but on some of the broader points, labour, for example, is backing a lot of the restrictions that the government has announced.

we heard from keir starmer, the leader, yesterday, saying the labour party will back the government on restrictions that are called because there needs to be a sense of clarity in the messaging. i wonder if she we re in the messaging. i wonder if she were a in the messaging. i wonder if she we re a refe re nce in the messaging. i wonder if she were a reference that. i know it is not really her brief but it is kind of every politician's brief at the moment, the fact we have chris whitty and patrick vallance 20 minutes after she is speaking, you know, filling us in on the picture when it comes to the latest stage of infections. that's exactly the point, labour has this conference. conferences usually have this twofold reason for being, if you like, for labour that is where policy is decided and where votes are taken with party members and thatis are taken with party members and that is where policy is decided and then moved forward for the year. importantly then moved forward for the year. importa ntly at this then moved forward for the year. importantly at this year's labour conference there will not be any votes ta ke n conference there will not be any votes ta ken so conference there will not be any votes taken so they will not be any major policy changes going ahead. and there is the messaging to the wider public, to the wider country, this is the first labour conference, will face labour get together, if you like, since the new leader and

anneliese dodds is the first shadow chancellor and it's the first time she gets to get her message out of the public. and of course the fact it will be overshadowed in 20 minutes' time, or 20 it will be overshadowed in 20 minutes' time, or20 minute afterwards when chris whitty and patrick vallance come out and talk about to covid—19 is of course not idealfor her. but about to covid—19 is of course not ideal for her. but yes, about to covid—19 is of course not idealfor her. but yes, this covid—19 overshadows everything in politics at the moment, doesn't it? and it is a difficult place for labour to find themselves in pitching just the right amount of criticism while sounding supportive in sucha criticism while sounding supportive in such a national crisis. those who are taking part in the virtual conference, will they be buoyed by the fact that a poll at the weekend, and it is one poll, but nevertheless it puts labour and the conservatives neck and neck? absolutely, that's exactly what you want to hear ahead ofa exactly what you want to hear ahead of a conference, isn't it? and certainly, as i say, keir starmer, i think trying to use this conference to distance himself from the

previous leadership ofjeremy corbyn, and of course, some of those extra new messages, if you like, of exactly the difference of direction he wants to take the labour party in. we have heard more talk of patriotism, for example at talk of how the party needs to take a look within itself and talk about some of the problems of anti—semitism in the past. so i think there is a real issue here of labour trying to reset itself both internally and externally. but as i said, this labour connected conference will not be normal, we would normally be at a conference centre in liverpool, there would normally be visits from there would normally be visits from the top shadow ministers going out for local visits to schools and two hospitals in that sort of thing. we will not see so much of that, although the shadow cabinet will be making some visits this week. but it is essentially a talking shop this time, a sense of trying to really lift the spirits of labour members as much as they can and get

together, but there is only so much you can do of that on zoom. 0k. you can do of that on zoom. ok. i have heard some labour supporters who were fans ofjeremy corbyn, the previous leader, and they are saying that i don't really know what keir starmer‘s vision is. is that fair? i think that is certainly something the labour leader keir starmer will seek to address in his speech tomorrow. as i say, there has been that sense of distancing himself a little bit from thejeremy distancing himself a little bit from the jeremy corbyn distancing himself a little bit from thejeremy corbyn leadership, not least of course because labour had such a big defeat at the last election. but of course he needs to also keep those people on site as much as possible and there have been rumblings from some of the trade unions that they don't want to have too much of a differentiation between the jeremy corbyn too much of a differentiation between thejeremy corbyn policies and keir starmer‘s policies. in a strange way, as i say, there can be this sort of shift, if you like, in approach. but the interesting thing

for the labour party now, as i say, there will not be any votes on the internal changes to policy making. i don't want to get too far into the inner machinations of the labour party, we do have time for it, it is terribly complicated. but the important thing is they will not be any massive changes in policy, part of policy this weekend as of this conference, because there can't be. they cannot be any big votes from the floor of the conference. so i don't think we will see any shifts away. i'm going to pause you there, early. i apologise. away. i'm going to pause you there, early. iapologise. let's away. i'm going to pause you there, early. i apologise. let's hearfrom shadow chancellor anneliese dodds. early. i apologise. let's hearfrom shadow chancellor anneliese doddslj wa nt to shadow chancellor anneliese doddslj want to thank everyone watching for bearing with the change of time due to the announcement of a special briefing from the chief medical 0fficer briefing from the chief medical officer and scientific adviser at 11 o'clock. todayit o'clock. today it is clear that we are living through one of our country's toughest years and i want to pay tribute to everyone who is helping us tribute to everyone who is helping us through it. our scientists and medics who have achieved in months progress on vaccines and treatments that would normally take years. our manufacturers and trade unions who

have retold aerospace and automotive factories to make life—saving ventilators at breakneck speed. and our key workers, carers, delivery drivers, nurses, shop workers, police and so many others who have moved mountains over the last six months. despite their achievements, despite the extraordinary sacrifices of the british people, our country is still suffering more than many others. and with daily cases of coronavirus now rapidly rising again we stand on the brink of even harder times. how did it come to this? the worst excess death rate in europe. 0ver worst excess death rate in europe. over 40,000 people died from coronavirus, each one a tragedy. a test, trace and isolate system that is still not working properly and six wasted months of warnings from labour that payments for people needing to self—isolate were not working and that the government need

to look again, with the conservatives only announcing additional payments two days ago. that continued failure to get a grip on the health crisis has plunged our country deeper into an economic crisis. we have had the steepest recession in the g7. we are on track for one of the slowest recovery is on the crisis has shown in stark relief the appalling inequalities across our country, especially for black, asian and minority ethnic people and for people with disabilities. it has shown how workers we value the most often paid the least and as angelo said yesterday that must change for our social carers as a matter of urgency. “— social carers as a matter of urgency. —— angella. it has shown how to many people are just one payslip away from losing their homes, with the ban on evictions expired, no future plan for those struggling with mortgages, and a quarter of families without even

£100 to rub together in savings. the crisis has shown how the last ten yea rs have crisis has shown how the last ten years have stripped our public services to the bone. already with the economy still struggling the language of restraint has returned. well, we all know what that means from the mouth of a conservative chancellor. more jobs lost in places that can least afford them, with local councils being hung out to dry and forced to cut thousands of staff. attacking the very communities the conservatives said they would protect. and taking place ata time they would protect. and taking place at a time when our government should be focused relentlessly on jobs, jobs, jobs. threatening to hike taxes now just jobs, jobs. threatening to hike taxes nowjust so they can cut them before the next election to make even deeper spending cuts in the hope people will have forgotten by the time they go to the polls. playing politics with people'sjobs and livelihoods. all this is taking

place while the conservatives have wasted enormous amounts of public money. it is a file of failure that no carefully crafted instagram story from the chancellor can hide. just some examples. £130 million to a conservative donor for testing kits that were unsafe. 150 million full face masks that couldn't be used by nhs staff. 0ver £2.6 billion to be handed over in so—called job retention bonuses to businesses who we re retention bonuses to businesses who were going to bring staff back to work anyway. the outsourced contract which have simply failed to deliver. it doesn't have to be this way. workers and businesses should expect more, much more from those in power. i've never missed an opportunity to confront financial mismanagement. i've spent my political career fighting international money laundering and tax evasion. taking

on the tax dodgers, going toe to toe with the tech giants, lifting the lid on shell companies and stopping speculators from driving up prices for ordinary people. while the chancellor was profiting from a financial system that took huge risks and then passed them on to ordinary people. i helped to rein it in. as chancellor, i would ensure that public money was always spent wisely, targeted where it is needed most, not splurged where it isn't. new leadership with proper oversight of government contracts so they deliver value for money every time, testing every single budget line against the goal of net—zero carbon emissions. because the evidence is crystal clear, investment that favours our climate also favours jobs in the short and long—term. the awful damage caused by this year's

floods have laid bare the costs of inaction. we can't afford to miss opportunities for environmental innovation in thejobs it opportunities for environmental innovation in the jobs it will bring. and we can no longer accept public funds paying for projects that make the shift to net zero harder. mark my words, as chancellor i would never allow public spending to contribute to the climate crisis. instead public spending must help us climb out of it, supporting the jobs of the future in the process. a responsible approach to the national finances. because you're only as cavalier with public money as our current chancellor if you don't know the value of it. we in labour know that if you are responsible with public money can transform lives. we are showing this in labour run wales which capped rates relief so money that would have gone to giant firms was targeted instead at small companies that really needed it.

using public money effectively to safeguard jobs and keep families and communities secure. that more secure future may seem a long way off in these dark times. but today i'll set out how we can get there. three steps to recover jobs, out how we can get there. three steps to recoverjobs, retrain workers and rebuild business. our country is in the grip of the jobs crisis. thejob retention scheme has been a lifeline for millions of workers. but the chancellor is insisting on a one size fits all withdrawal for over 4 million people in five weeks' time. workers like those i met from a life music venue in leeds, one of the most successful in the country, but which simply cannot operate as normal right now. the furlough scheme can't come and shouldn't, go on for ever. but a system of targeted wage support would protect those jobs that are essential for our recovery. last

week keir made a big, open offer to government to work with us. we have heard nothing back. well, if the chancellor is listening here is what we would bring to the table. 0urjob recovery scheme would enable businesses in key sectors to bring staff back to work on reduced hours with government backing wages for the rest of the week. the scheme would incentivise targeted businesses to bring back more work as part—time instead of bringing some back full—time and letting others go. businesses would also be incentivised to offer their staff high quality training with an increase in support where staff undertake courses to help them prepare for the future. unlike the conservative schemes it wouldn't involve a blank cheque. support would go to businesses signing up to treat their workers decently, meet net zero obligations and pause dividend payments for the duration of the scheme. government would work

with businesses and trade unions to identify sectors hardest hit by the crisis and most critical for our economic future, and secure those jobs. so i call on rishi sunak yet again will you work with us to securejobs? sadly, again will you work with us to secure jobs? sadly, we again will you work with us to securejobs? sadly, we know that manyjobs securejobs? sadly, we know that many jobs have securejobs? sadly, we know that manyjobs have already gone, nearly 700,000 since march. the human cost is enormous. i've lost count of the number of people i have talked to who have lost theirjob during this crisis. you can hear the pain and worry in their voice. people who can't believe how threadbare our country's safety net is when they need it. people who have been sending outjob applications cou ntless sending outjob applications countless times, never hearing anything back. people whose lives have been turned upside down, who have been turned upside down, who have never felt insecurity like this before. a spell of unemployment when someone before. a spell of unemployment when someone is before. a spell of unemployment when someone is young can

before. a spell of unemployment when someone is young can slash by a fifth what they can earn during the rest of their life. unemployment knocked confidence, destroys skills, and scars communities for decades. that's why we must do far, far more so that's why we must do far, far more so the unemployed and those facing unemployment can retrain so they can get into thejobs unemployment can retrain so they can get into the jobs of the future. the government has wasted months on this when a limited and underused training portal was the only thing on offer. a nationwide retraining strategy would help people whose hours have been cut to increase skills or retrain. it would also enable people who have lost their job already to transition into new work. training must be a core part of thejob work. training must be a core part of the job recovery scheme, high quality training fitting workers' needs, not just ticking quality training fitting workers' needs, notjust ticking boxes. training so people can be ready for the working challenges of the future, from going digital to greening our workplaces, too skills for the caring professions. but

we've got a mountain to climb on the skills after ten years of neglect. so we must also build capacity in aduu so we must also build capacity in adult education, thejob so we must also build capacity in adult education, the job centre so we must also build capacity in adult education, thejob centre plus network and further education. to achieve this, the conservatives must stop delaying and bring forward the £3 billion they have earmarked for a national skills fund so that money can be put to use right now. finally, we must work together to rebuild businesses. that needs real partnership and trust between government and businesses. businesses who have had to watch our global reputation being trashed as the conservatives threatened to break international law. businesses despairing at the contrast between the uk government's limited ambitions and the green investment being undertaken in germany, france and beyond. as chancellor i would restore that trust with business, because i understand what a critical

role business plays in creating jobs and supporting livelihoods across the country. i've talked to so many business owners who can feel a lifetime of hard work slipping through theirfingers. lifetime of hard work slipping through their fingers. my father was a small businessman, an accountant who worked a six—day week for decades. his staff were more like friends than employees. i know how awful he would feel if he were in the shoes of so many business owners right now. because there are other cliff edges looming. just as the chancellor has allowed the clock to run down on the 4 million people on furlough, he is doing exactly the same for the millions of businesses that have needed a helping hand to survive these last few months. from march next year repayments. for the loa n march next year repayments. for the loan scheme set up to help businesses through the crisis. but on the current trend our economy will not be anything like back to normal by then. without effective

government action many companies will go to the wall with more job losses and more costs for the public finances. that's why i'm calling today for the chancellor to act urgently and put in place a business rebuilding programme, to do for businesses struggling with that what we have repeatedly asked him to do for workers whose jobs are at risk. that programme must be set up now so we don't end up once again with last—minute panic to schemes that waste public money. it must be targeted, so support goes to purposeful, responsible businesses that will invest for the future, including meeting our net zero target. businesses and workers need a chancellor who will listen and ta ke a chancellor who will listen and take the action our country needs, not one who stubbornly ploughs on with plans that leave them facing this crisis on their own. recover jobs, retrain workers and rebuild

business. three steps to a better, more secure future. government working hand—in—hand with business and trade unions in the best interests of our country. this is an ambitious labour vision where security and fairness are notjust aspirations, but were they are a reality for families and communities across our country new leadership so people can with a government that they can trust, not one which place political games. a labour chancellor who knows the costs of failing to tackle the climate crisis and the opportunities of the green jobs of the future. —— plays political games. you know is that public money can transform lives and communities so we can transform lives and communities so we will never let it go who understands how insecure so many people feel right now across our country, and is determined to do

something about it. together we can do better. and with your help we will. anneliese dodds, the shadow chancellor. in a few minutes' time on the bbc news channel, at 11 o'clock in fact, we will bring you live coverage of the joint briefing from the uk's chief medical officer and chief scientific advisor. this is professor chris whitty sur patrick vallance arriving at downing street in the past hour or so. they are expected to warn that the uk is ata are expected to warn that the uk is at a critical point in the pandemic and heading in the wrong direction. professor chris whitty will also say that he believes that the country is facing a very challenging winter period. the prime minister spent the weekend considering whether to introduce further measures in england. it is understood one of the options on the table is a two—week mini lockdown in england, or circuit break, or circuit breaker i should say, in an effort to stem the growth

of the virus. daily confirmed cases have been rising over recent weeks. yesterday a further 3899 daily cases and 18 deaths were reported in the uk. that's comparable to mid february, we are told, although we are ina february, we are told, although we are in a very different position in that we know so much more about the virus now and we have better ways of treating it. although of course still no vaccine. let's talk to our political correspondent ellie price about what anneliese dodds was saying. she had some specific ideas that she was putting forward to the chancellor. she was and she called on the chancellor to listen to some of her ideas. he will have a similar speech in a few weeks' time, let's see whether he does. she talked about the furlough scheme. we have heard a lot of labour politicians talking about concerns about the furlough scheme. of course, that was one of the very popular things across the political parties that obviously has so far saved a number ofjobs. labour calling for targeted

wage support for certain industries, essentially a furlough scheme for set industries, the likes of aviation or the hospitality industry, that sort of thing. she acknowledged the furlough scheme cannot continue but there needed to be further targeted support for certain industries. she also talks about a job recovery scheme in which businesses in key sectors, presumably some of these most affected that labour have already talked about, would be given cash to keep staff on reduced hours and the government may be paying the rest of the wages that they maybe weren't working that week, so a sort of part—time furlough scheme type of idea. she also called on the government to get a bit more active in retraining workers who do lose theirjobs and do need to retrain. she talked about more money needed for thejob centre she talked about more money needed for the job centre plus for adult education and further education, and bring forward £3 billion of a national skills fund the government had already announced.

interestingly, she also talked about restoring trust in business. this is one of the criticisms often levelled at the labour party that business don't trust the party. it was quite interesting her to hear her levelling that criticism of the current government talking about how, for example, the issue with the withdrawal agreement and the suggestion that breaking international law could upset the reputation of britain and upset the trust in businesses. she also talked about the concern about many of the businesses in this country which have taken business loans, which will be asked to be repaid as of march. so plenty of issues showing she was very concerned about the existing problems in how to fund what is obviously a global pandemic and the threat to the economy that goes with it. thank you very much, ellie. coming up in five minutes' time, thatjoint briefing from sir patrick vallance and professor chris whitty stowe stay with us. before

that, we have a look at the weather with matt. after a lovely weekend across many parts of the country the summer conditions continue foremost into the start of this week, but it is a week of big weather change, wardrobe change and season change, as summer becomes autumn. we start off this week with temperatures as high as 20 degrees in the north—east of scotland, 26 in the south—east of england but we switch from southerly winds to northerly winds from mid week onwards, the blue colour showing the cold air pushing down from the north, by which stage by the end of the week 9—14 c will be the high, much colder than we should be at this stage in the year. they are the sort of temperatures we started with this morning, with some mist and fog but that will have cleared into the afternoon, blue skies for many in england, wales and eastern scotland, a bit more cloud across western areas, certainly for northern ireland and western scotland, thick cloud in the hebrides, 0rkney and shetland and the mainland, patchy rain, and a freshening breeze, 12—14 is the high. aberdeenshire and the

moray firth, 20 degrees, 24, 25 in the south—east of england. a fine day for them that vast majority, many will stay dry, mist and fog developing through parts of england and wales. a bit of cloud in the north and west stopping temperature is dropping too much. the rain across northern scotland becomes heavier and more persistent. coolest tomorrow and one across eastern areas where we start off with the best of the morning sunshine. a bit more cloud around tomorrow, most will start the day dry, mist and fog across england and wales clearing, the cloud breaking up longer sunny spells in the afternoon but across scotland, the far west of england and wales, one or two isolated showers, more persistent rain with winds touching 40 mph in the west of scotla nd winds touching 40 mph in the west of scotland and later into the west of northern ireland. with the sunshine and lighter winds further east it could be an even warmer day than today, 25 or 26 celsius possible in eastern parts of england. but then the changes start, tuesday night, rain spreading across scotland, northern ireland into the north and west of england and wales, big temperature differences as we start wednesday morning and we have temperatures low enough for a touch of frost potentially across parts of

scotla nd of frost potentially across parts of scotland and northern ireland. still that lingering summer wharf towards the south—east corner but that will be swept away with these weather fronts as we go through wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain across england and wales. —— summer warmth. turning drive for a time and then another such weather fronts push turning drive for a time and then another such weatherfronts push in with strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain but the big story from some of our town forecast tuesday night, rain spreading across scotland, northern ireland into the north and west of england and wales, big temperature differences as we start wednesday morning and we have temperatures low enough for a touch of frost potentially across parts of scotla nd of frost potentially across parts of scotland and northern ireland. still that lingering summer wharf towards the south—east corner but that will be swept away with these weather fronts as we go through wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain across england and wales. —— summer warmth. turning drive for a time and then another such weather fronts put in with strengthening winds and outbreaks of rain but the big story from some of our town forecasts from the four nations, the drop in

this is a bbc news special. the uk's top scientific and medical advisers will issue a stark message this is the scene live in downing street. let's go there now. some of the gnomes and some of the uncertainties. let me just start by reminding you that this disease spread by droplets, by surface contact and by aerosols. hence the hands, face, space, but also to remind you that the way we reduce the spread is by limiting our number of co nta cts, the spread is by limiting our number of contacts, by reducing contact in

environments where