this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a plan to protectjobs — the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlogh scheme — a wage top up, and more business loans could be on the way. critics say it may come too late for some we can't have this kind of last—minute response again. we've had it around wage support. today it seems we had it around support for self—isolators. we need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app is now available in england and wales — anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. a screen will come up on your app and a notification saying that you have been in close contact with somebody with coronavirus and that you need to self—isolate. 600 people at glasgow university are self—isolating, after more

than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. two police officers are shot during protests over a decision not to charge anyone with the death of black hospital worker breonna taylor. fleet street legend and former editor of the sunday times sir harold evans has died aged 92. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. new measures to protect millions of uk jobs and the economy will be

set out by the chancellor today. rishi sunak is under pressure from business, unions and mps to come up with a suitable replacement for the furlough scheme, which ends next month. borisjohnson has said mr sunak will come up with "creative and imaginative" solutions. so the autumn budget is cancelled and mps will be told of his winter plan for the economy. it's thought different forms of wage subsidy and targeted financial help is being considered. options may include a salary top—up scheme, similar to those already operating in france and germany. and a possible extention to a vat cut for tourism and hospitality until the end of march. the cbi wants a wages top—up from the government, provided that employees can work at least 50% of their normal hours. the tuc goes further. it wants workers to be guaranteed 80% pay for hours lost, or 100% if they are on minimum wage.

five million people were on furlough in july and pressure is growing to provide help. our political correspondent iain watson has this report. coronavirus has changed how we work, where we work and even if we are able to work at all. borisjohnson has said the furlough scheme has supported 12 millionjobs but it will be withdrawn at the end of next month. as coronavirus cases continue to rise, employers, unions and the opposition have called on the chancellor to extend or replace it. today, rishi sunak will set out how. the treasury have been studying schemes in germany and france where companies bring back staff on reduced hours. employers and the government both chip in to make up for some of the lost wages. the chancellor's also likely to extend schemes that make it easier for struggling firms to get vital loans. but there will also be a recognition

and not everyjob can be protected. a universal scheme of the nature we've had so far is probably not sustainable beyond the end of october. what will matter now is targeting. and so what he's got to do is use the imagination that i think he has shown hitherto to make sure that the support is targeted on those businesses that can get through this crisis and be sustainable into the medium and longer term. this autumn‘s budget has been cancelled. that means there won't be any tax rises. even if the budget has been scrapped, it's important the chancellor signals what he's going to do to support britain's businesses and britain's workers and as well, as a successor to the furlough scheme, support for short—term work and he also needs to set out what we're going to do to invest in low carbon electricity, in building new houses, in building a public transport system that this country desperately needs and deserves. these are the things that are going to keep the british

economy moving as we get through these next few difficult months with the coronavirus. labour is accusing the government of being slow to act. the party's leadership says they suggested the idea of wage subsidies more than a month ago. but for many people who are laid off from work and are fearful of furlough ending, any extra help from government is likely to be welcomed. iain watson, bbc news. but first, jessica parker is in westminsterfor us. the furlough scheme was broadly for the most part welcomed as a well executed plan to help support the economy and jobs at the beginning of this pandemic but how difficult is it going to be for the chancellor with a public borrowing going up to try to deliver something as broad as that at this time? i don't think it's necessarily the aim to deliver something as broad as that in the sense the furlough scheme in its initialform sense the furlough scheme in its initial form basically was sense the furlough scheme in its

initialform basically was paying people to stay at home in the height of the coronavirus crisis and the government has been trying to wind that done and i think the emphasis going forward is to be supporting jobs that are not a viable going forward. that's what we expect to hear today and this, of course, the broader context, the economy has been reeling from the coronavirus crisis and that full lockdown but then you had further restrictions introduced earlier this week by borisjohnson introduced earlier this week by boris johnson and introduced earlier this week by borisjohnson and restrictions of varying across the uk and that's been particularly problematic for certain sectors. the 10pm curfew coming into force tonight affecting bars and restaurants, the table service, the fact they can only do table service, the advice for people to return to working from home if they can well affect those businesses that rely on the kind of traffic of office workers in city centres and business districts, so certain sectors are badly affected

potentially by those restrictions and it's not just potentially by those restrictions and it's notjust what those restrictions are of course but how long they are going to last. the prime minister said they could last for six months. i think an accusation we have heard a lot from opposition parties on these kinds of issuesis opposition parties on these kinds of issues is they say the government has acted too slowly and it's a charge you could hear today. here is the shadow chancellor, labour's anneliese dodds. we think it's a real priority that those industries which are directly impacted by the crisis get that support. obviously we were just talking about hospitality and that's really important but also there are many jobs sadly that have already been lost, for example in advanced manufacturing where we really need to have a system of targeted wage support for the future. above all we can't have this last—minute response again. we've had it around wage support. today we had it around support for self—isolators. we need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. focus is certainly very immediate

from the government, isn't it, with the end of the furlough scheme looming? i believe there is no real immediate mention of how this is going to be paid for. yes, that's an interesting thing. it's worth pointing out a course from a government perspective they say over this year they have provided billions and billions of pounds for the furlough scheme and other schemes such as the kick—start scheme, job retention bonus looking ahead to next year as well, but you point out how this is all costing a lot of money and how will it be paid for? i don't think we would get a nswe i’s for? i don't think we would get a nswers to for? i don't think we would get answers to that today, i don't think we'll get answers to that potentially this year and there won't be an autumn budget, a budget where you will see tax and spending plans usually, but it wasn't necessarily the case the government we re necessarily the case the government were going to put up taxes this year but there was certainly a lot of speculation and it kind of puts that off to another point. it's notjust an economic challenge, but a

political challenge as well, because whenever there was speculation in recent months about potential tax rises like night follows day, some tory mps started raising concerns saying they would not want to support tax rises, but i think this question as to whether there will have to be tax rises in the future is not going to be answered today. we are still in the midst of trying to get the country through the crisis rather than figuring out how it's all going to be paid for. 0k, thank you very much. you have been tweeting me, especially from a couple of different sectors concerned about, despite what the chancellor might announce, we don't know the exact detail is, what the future could be. from the events industry, let me read you a couple of those, gary says please do not forget the events industry, we cannot work as gatherings are not permitted and companies are running out of cash. also from sky, falling

events industry, 700,000 workers, schemes where countries have to contribute, reference to the german french schemes. companies will still have to do contribute will means hundreds of thousands ofjob losses still. and also people mentioning the arts sector as well. keep those thoughts coming into me. send your tweets to me. we will try to read out more of those in a little while. and we'll carry the chancellor's statement live. rishi sunak is expected to address mps in the house of commons at around 11:45 this morning. there'll be full coverage here on bbc news. i can talk now to our business correspondent ben thompson. hello again to you. you may have heard me mention i've had tweets from people in the arts sector, the

events sector, particularly worried saying even if it's some kind of wage subsidy scheme chancellor announces, if they are not bringing in any money to take part in that scheme, well, the net result is a lots of job losses, scheme, well, the net result is a lots ofjob losses, so what have businesses been saying to you across the board? yes, it's so interesting. i was able to hear those comments and from so many different industries, so many different sectors struggling right now and they are absolutely right. the chancellor's scheme we think will address people who are working fewer hours, so maybe they were half their normal hours and then the government and the employer will top up the rest of their earnings. we will get full details on the chancellor at 11:a5am this morning. there are many industries where people cannot work at all, those people are having to stay at home because their industry is not open, particularly in things like events, travel, tourism, so many different areas where it's

really difficult for them right now to find out when they can get back to find out when they can get back to work in any sort of fashion. there will also be, we believe, an extension to the loan scheme for some businesses to help with their cash flow through the worst of this crisis. but there are real questions about the long—term job prospects for many industries. a lot of businesses i have spoken to have said with these new restrictions in place, with that six month timeline we had from the prime minister earlier this week, suggesting restrictions will be in place well into next year, it makes it very difficult for them to know how they can proceed from here, because, quite frankly, many industries are trying to get back on their feet right now, just trying to bring some staff back off the furlough scheme. big questions about what demand will look like as we get into the autumn and winter and so huge questions about people returning to work. especially in those industries where it is very difficult to see how they can reopen. 0k, thank you for that. ben thompson there. a coronavirus contact—tracing app

has been finally launched in england and wales today after months of delays. it's being described as an important step forward by the health secretary matt hancock. anyone over the age of 16 is being asked to install the app on their smartphone. simonjones reports. the app will help us safely live our lives protecting you and others. an advertising campaign urging us to get the app and protect our loved ones. this is how it works. the app uses a bluetooth connection. once it's installed, if you come into close contact with others that will be recorded on your phone. then if you report through the app a positive test result, those who may have been close enough to be infected will be sent an anonymous alert. they will be lead into self—isolate. an early version didn't work and had to be scrapped despite being hailed as a potential game changer by the government in may. but now there's a new version. i've just downloaded the app. it's pretty quick to set up. the government says it is secure and will help keep us safe. but its success will very heavily depend on how

many of us choose to use it. the government admits, though, there is a three—in—ten chance someone who is notified they are a high risk will actually be low risk, but it is working to improve the accuracy. the app will also allow users to scan a code to register their details when they visit pubs and restaurants. scotland and northern ireland have already launched their own versions, but the evidence so far suggests apps are only useful as an addition to effective tracing programmes staffed by people. simon jones, bbc news. earlier, the health secretary, matt hancock, told bbc news that the more people who download the new app across england and wales the better. he's been explaining how it will benefit the whole community. the app will help to find more contacts who we don't know about through normal contact tracing because if you think about it, if you test positive what happens right now is that you get called by a doctor from nhs test and trace,

who asks you who you've been in close contact with and they then get called and told to self—isolate and offered the £500 if they are on low incomes. what the app can do is find the contacts that human contact tracers can't find. for instance, people you don't know because, in the example i gave, you've been sitting near them on public transport. that might be one example but there will be others. and therefore, it helps us to find more people who are at risk of having the virus and that's why downloading the app is good for you but also good for your loved ones, it's good for your community. a lot of people have said things about the app. this tweet from karen sums up what lots of people have been mentioning. can you please

mention the fact that a lot of us don't have the latest phones, so don't have the latest phones, so don't have the latest phones, so don't have ios 13.5 or more recent, don't have ios13.5 or more recent, so therefore the app won't work. we will try to find out more about that for you to try to answer that query and whether you have an older phone you will be able to access it at some point. if you want to get in touch with that or what is going to replace the furlough scheme or any of our other stories today, do get in touch in the usual ways on twitter and use the hashtag bbc your questions. two police officers have been shot and injured in the us city of louisville during protests that have followed a decision not to prosecute two of three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black woman, breonna taylor. thousands of angry protesters defied a curfew to occupy the streets, demanding justice. aleem maqbool sent this update. chanting. in the hours after it was announced no officer would be charged

in relation to the killing of breonna taylor, hundreds took to the streets of louisville. in march, the 26—year—old had been in her own home when plainclothes police burst in. they were executing a search warrant, but her boyfriend thought they were intruders and fired a licensed gun at them. the police fired back many times and breonna was killed. no drugs or illegal weapons were found at her home. there have since been months of demonstrations that have mainly been peaceful but tonight's were marred by the shooting and injuring of two officers.

a large crowd, shots fired in the area. as they were deploying to investigate what was going on at first and broadway, shots rang out and two of our officers were shot. both officers are undergoing treatment at university hospital. one is in alert and stable, the other officer is currently undergoing surgery and stable. we do have one suspect in custody. many arrests were made and curfews have been extended into the coming days as the anger from protesters over the apparent lack of police accountability in the case of breonna taylor and many other cases continues to be felt. president trump has been criticised after he refused to guarantee that he will transfer power peacefully if he loses the election in november. he's again complained of the likelihood of electoral fraud if more voters choose to cast their ballots by post. here's what the president was asked at a news conference.

will you commit here today for a peaceful transfer of power after the election? we're going to have to see what happens. you know that i've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster. i understand that, but people are rioting. do you commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transfer of power? get rid of the ballots and you have a very peaceful... there won't be a transfer frankly. there will be a continuation. mitt romney, a republican senator who is a rarity in his party because he occasionally criticises the president, tweeted on wednesday: joe biden, the democratic candidate for the us presidency, told reporters that mr trump's comments on the transition of power are "irrational". his team also said

"the united states government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the white house". let's take a look at some of today's other stories from around the world. one of hong kong's most well—known pro—democracy campaigners says he has been arrested again. joshua wong is accused of illegal assembly over protests last year, and also of violating rules against face masks, which were introduced before the covid—19 outbreak. on wednesday, wong failed in an attempt to overturn a ban preventing him from running in next year's legislative election. south korea says one of its officials was shot dead by north korean forces apparently while trying to defect to the north. the man was a fisheries official, and went missing from his patrol vessel, leaving his shoes but taking a life jacket. south korea says he was picked up by north korean soldiers, who shot him dead and burned his body. a petrol tanker has exploded after colliding with other vehicles in central nigeria,

killing at least 25 people, including some primary school children. police in the city of lokoja say the tanker driver lost control and rammed into oncoming vehicles. at least 15 top kenyan government officials and businesspeople are to be recommended for prosecution in connection with the alleged theft of tens of millions of dollars meant for the purchase of covid—19 medical supplies. investigators have uncovered how government tenders were handed out to politically connected individuals and businesses, in breach of procurement regulations. the bbc‘s emmanuel igunza has this report. this is how it should have been. ppe used just once. put onto stop

covid—19 patients and keeping them safe. we are going to move our patients back of the wards so we can clea n patients back of the wards so we can clean it and prepare for suspected covid patients. this is an eastern canyon, a poor region, but its central hospital has managed to provide nearly 20 i see you beds with ventilators. they've also had ppe from the start and haven't lost a single health care worker to coronavirus. but the minister knows other parts of can you have not used their funds wisely. let's see there was money meant for setting up covid—19 isolation wards, buying ppe for the workers, that money has been misappropriated. definitely that can be correlated with debts. it's true to say that the corruption has led to say that the corruption has led to death in this country. that was what brought this health care worker

onto the streets of nairobi. he is complaining about a lack of ppe across canyon. thousands of their collea g u es across canyon. thousands of their colleagues were infected with the virus and ten died despite canyon are receiving $2 billion of aid to help tackle a pandemic. we do not wa nt help tackle a pandemic. we do not want to die in our hospitals. hospitals are run by money and if this money is being stolen, we will not have hospitals. we are demanding the arrest of the people who are known to have stolen public billions. following the allegations of the theft of supplies from the ca nyon of the theft of supplies from the canyon authority... the president promised to get to the bottom of what had happened. it's a very specific question. an enquiry was set up. and the ethics and anti—corruption set up. and the ethics and anti—corru ption coalition started investigating. and now we have seen evidence on the nature of contracts

that the canyon medical supplies agency which is the government body responsible for buying ppe was handing out in some of the cases, these tenders were given to companies which had not been formed weeks earlier, and a good example is shopping by limited which got $10 million. according to the registrar of companies that was formed in february this year. just weeks before the first case of covid—19 was reported in the country. other exa m ples was reported in the country. other examples are companies which are associated with politicians. according to the documents we have seen, according to the documents we have seen, one company according to the documents we have seen, one company owned by relatives ofa seen, one company owned by relatives of a sitting governor also contained in the document are contracts worth millions of dollars given to people with personal connections to the very highest levels of power. although there is no suggestion any of the companies have misappropriated covid funds. the public interest is very high. in a

new development, an online sanitarium with a regulatory authority had this extraordinary claim. what you are saying in a nutshell is cancer has declined to reveal a n nutshell is cancer has declined to reveal an additional 25 suppliers who supplied cancer? essentially and by all basic standards, that is the answer. very interesting. the woman leading that enquiry told me she will be pushing for prosecution starting with cancel officials. we all want prosecutions. we are all frustrated. we have been living in a corrupt country but surely there is this where to bring corruption, covid? it's preposterous. it's not about pleasing or upsetting anyone but aboutjustice. here they are funding a stadium to turn it into a

coronavirus centre but in many other parts of tanya it seems millions of dollars have just vanished. parts of tanya it seems millions of dollars havejust vanished. the president has demanded prosecutions but with powerful names in the firing line canyons will want to see more than empty promises. —— ca nyo ns. the health secretary, matt hancock says the outbreak is worrying. this is at the university of glasgow. a number of students have tested positive there and several hundred are isolating after 120 stu d e nts hundred are isolating after 120 students tested positive for coronavirus at the and of freshers week so here is what he had to say. of course i'm concerned about rising cases amongst people at university and younger people. for two reasons. the first is because, no matter what your age, even though you're much less likely to die of covid if you are younger, you can still get non—covid, meaning

months and months of symptoms, meaning it's hard to get out of bed in the morning, you can have aches and pains going on for months. the second reason is the more young people who get it the more they spread it to older people. the main suspect in the disappearance of madeleine mccann has lost an appeal against a rape conviction meaning he'll remain in prison once his drug—trafficking sentence ends next year. the german man — known for legal reasons only as christian b — was convicted of the rape of a 72—year—old woman in the portuguese town of praia de luz, two years before the british toddler went missing from the same resort. one of the most famous names injournalism, sir harold evans has died at the age of 92. married for almost a0 years to fellow journalist tina brown, evans forged a reputation as one of the most fearsome investigative writers of his time. our media editor amol rajan looks back at his life.

harold evans in the early 1980s, after he'd left britain for america. on both sides of the atlantic, he achieved success as a brilliant journalist and editor. but his greatest triumph had been to turn the sunday times into a campaigning newspaper. and his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. the paper won them increased compensation and scored a landmark victory for freedom of the press in the european court to the editor's delight. tremendous, it's the most important judgment, not only for freedom of the press but for the citizen's right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, reform the laws, they've got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out by the sunday times printers, a measure of the esteem in which his staff held him. rupert murdoch had bought the paper and asked evans to edit the times. it didn't work out. a year later he'd resigned, claiming the proprietor wouldn't give him the editorial independence

he'd been promised. he found america more congenial, later becoming a us citizen. the americans are enormously welcoming and open. you wouldn't, i don't think, get quite the same thing in london. by now, he was overshadowed in the public eye by his younger, more glamorous wife tina brown. she was the fashionable and sometimes controversial editor, first vanity fair and later of the new yorker. they were a power couple. from the clinton white house down, they were at all the best parties. eventually, harold evans was knighted. a fine journalist and editor who'd combined technical brilliance with a crusader‘s belief in the duty of the press to make the world better place. harold evans, who's died at the age of 92.

hello. this is bbc news with annita mcveigh the headlines... a plan to protectjobs. the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlogh scheme. a wage top—up, and more business loans could be on the way. critics say it may come too late for some. the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app is now available in england and wales. anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. 600 people at glasgow university are self—isolating, after more than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers week ended. two police officers are shot during protests over a decision not to charge anyone with the death of black hospital worker breonna taylor. fleet street legend and former editor of the sunday times sir harold evans has died aged 92.

and coming up shortly, with less than 100 days to go until the brexit transition period ends, we'll be discussing everything from trade to immigration with our business correspondent and the global brexit lead at deloitte. let's get more on the coronavirus contact—tracing app which has been finally launched in england and wales today after months of delays. everyone over the age of 16 is being asked to install the app on their smartphone. so, how will the app actually work? once you download the app onto your phone, you can enter your postcode. you'll then get information about your local area, including any restrictions and a warning about the number of infections where you live. the app uses bluetooth to monitor how close you are to other users. if one of them tests positive, anyone who came into contact with them for more than 15 minutes will get an alert telling them to self—isolate. if you develop covid—19

symptoms, you can input them into the app. this will trigger a warning for you to self—isolate, and offer you the option of a test. if you test positive, it will tell you how long you'll need to isolate for. bars and restaurants are now legally required to ask for contact details from people who visit them. if you have the nhs app, you can scan a qr code to register that you visited a certain place at a certain time. isobel braithwaite, from university college london, has been studying the technology and says the challenge now is to get people to download it. many people have complained that they can't download the app, due to their phone's software being out—dated. isobeljoins me now. and singapore was the first government to introduce a contact tracing app nationally in march. we can also speak to professor greg tucker—kellogg, from the university of singapore.

welcome to you as well. thank you for your time. let's get straight to the query that lots of people have been asking us about, and that is, if they have software that is older than the 13.5 version, they are unable to download the app. will there be something that will allow them to do that? not to my knowledge. i think this is potentially an issue that is not within the uk's developers control, because i believe germany had similar issues with apple, with the iphone, so unfortunately not. i had a quick look at some of the statistics earlier because i saw the department of health were saying that for the majority of phone users it won't be an issue and it looks as though roughly 70% of iphone users

have a sufficiently updated operating system, so it does mean a reasonable number of people will be unable to download the app, and i think that that hopefully is something that can be worked through overtime, but i don't any further information on that and the developers would need to provide more detail. in the immediate future, frustration for those who have an older version of the softwa re have an older version of the software and if they desperately wa nt to software and if they desperately want to get their hands on the app, the only option would be to upgrade their phone, i guess. potentially, yes. let's go to singapore for a few minutes. you have had the app, or an app, for six months now. has that been easy—to—use? have they been teething problems with it? no. at least not for me. i use the android system, and for those users, the singapore tracing app was easier to use than for the iphone users, at

least initially because the iphone required them to keep it on all the time as opposed to in the background. so they were somewhat different experiences for iphone and android users. since singapore came out of its circuit breaker, which is what they called the lockdown, they have another app which is similar to what i heard you just describe with the qr code at restaurants and stores and so on. a lot of people use that. i would say when you use the tracing app, you don't even notice it. when you use the qr code, you have to actively scan that in, so you have to actively scan that in, so you do notice that, using it.|j believe that around 2.4 million people in singapore have downloaded the app and the population is between 5.5 and up to 6 million people there, so what sort of

difference are you aware that it has made for the ability of health officials to trace the contacts of anyone who has tested positive for covid—19? anyone who has tested positive for covid-19? i haven't heard any news reports. the bluetooth tracing app itself has not had a specific effect. i might have missed that, but i have not seen specific reports about the bluetooth tracing up but what i have seen and is evident to me is that the qr code tracing app, that registers when you going into a grocery store or a restaurant, that that keeps track of whether people who have reported covid—19 have also beenin who have reported covid—19 have also been in the same places at the same time. that has been very useful and i think it has been useful for the government in tracing potential contacts. i'm sure the other app is also working well. that is

interesting to hear, greg. back to you, isabel, we introduced you by saying that you thought the challenge would be to get people to download this and obviously in singapore we have heard 2.4 million people downloading the app out of a population of 6 million, and that's a really good response, but what sort of level of response we need here in england and wales to make this app effective? it's a difficult question to answer because what we found in our study is that the evidence around the app is very limited and it's largely modelling study is based on assumptions, so we can't really say that this level of u pta ke can't really say that this level of uptake will have this amount of impact, but what we can say is that foran app to impact, but what we can say is that for an app to be able to control the spread of covid—19 on its own, we would definitely need a majority of the population to be using it and the population to be using it and the kinds of figures we found were between 56 or even 95% of people using it, but lower levels of

uptake, may be 15% or so, depending on your assumptions, that could still have a measurable impact but it means it needs to be part of a broader approach that is multipronged and incorporates other ports —— types of contact tracing. apart from the technology that you have on your phone, can you think of any other barriers to downloading this or concerns people might have that might prevent them downloading it, for example, data privacy, what can you say about that? on the privacy questions we have seen the uk decide to switch approach towards this kind of apple and google model and that is more privacy preserving than the approach they were going to ta ke than the approach they were going to take previously. so i think that provides a degree of reassurance. it's only the first part of your postcode requested to provide you with area level risk, and there are thousands of people living in those larger initial postcode districts,

so larger initial postcode districts, so there is relatively good reason to be quite confident about it from a privacy perspective. but there are, of course, otherthings a privacy perspective. but there are, of course, other things that will impact on people's willingness or likelihood of taking it up. whether they have a smartphone, that's an important consideration, particularly for older groups, and within homelessness are people on low incomes. and also language. if we can get it translated into lots of different languages, that would probably really help. as well as the app and that safe entry system you described which uses the qr code, i would love to hear your thoughts on something else singapore has introduced since the app, a covid—19 tracing contact token. how does that work? i haven't experienced that. that token, as i understand it, is primarily for people who have to stay in a hotel or quarantine for a

period of time when they enter singapore or transit through singapore, so it's really for visitors to the country rather than people who are here and using these other apps. put in a similar way, it alerts them if they've been in contact with someone else who has tested positive. is that right? that's correct. the token does provide for people who don't have smartphones so they can still have that. that's an interesting addition if someone doesn't have the smartphone technology. interesting to hear about that. thank you both very much forjoining us. there have been violent clashes in belarus after the country's longtime president, alexander lukashenko, was sworn in for a sixth time in an unannounced ceremony. in the capital minsk, protesters were struck with batons as riot police detained dozens, in an effort to stop the demonstrations.

today, the eu repeated that it does not recognise mr lukashenko as the country's president. mark lobel reports. violence back on the streets of minsk. protesters confronting police. many bundled away once again. president lukashenko's sixth inauguration reigniting anger after last month's disputed election. there is no surprise for everybody that this inauguration took place in secret, because they realise that mr lukashenko is afraid of bela russian people. they don't trust him. they don't believe him. people will never forgive him for the crimes and they will never forget the crimes. despite the sweeping motorcade, this was not a normal inauguration. it was unannounced — for a leader so unwelcome. in front of several hundred bused in local officials, the russian—backed leader praised the military for defending

the country's sovereignty and independence — with foreign dignitaries seemingly absent. together, he told them, they had prevented catastrophe, thwarted a revolution that had sought to shatter the foundations of belarussian statehood. but on the streets protests continued into the night as a barrage of international condemnation undermined president lukashenko's claims to office. and as opposition calls for dialogue continue, the president seems intent on not listening. gail maclellan, bbc news. australian researchers say china has a far bigger network of detention centres for its uighur minority in xinjiang than was previously thought. their report says it has identified more than 380 suspected facilities, some 40% more than previous estimates. with less than 100 days to go until the brexit transition period ends there is still no clear sign

of a deal between the uk and the eu. even though we left officially injanuary of this year, both sides still need to work out the rules for the new relationship. this includes everything from trade, immigration, aviation, security and access to fishing waters. these rules have to be negotiated and signed off by the eu and uk parliaments by the end of the year. so how could you be affected if the uk does leave the eu without an agreement? our business correspondent ramzan karmali is spending the day at portsmouth international port and we canjoin him now. much to talk about. indeed. we are here at a very windy but dry portsmouth, and they claim that this is the best connected port in the country and they are quite famous for the amount of fruit that comes through this port and 70% of all bananas we eat come through here, so of course, everyone around here is

looking very closely at the brexit negotiations on whether russell is on the uk can come to some sort of agreement, but today we have news that over 50% of businesses questioned by the british chamber of commerce have said that they are not prepared for brexit —— brussels and the uk. is it too late for them to get prepared? i'm joined the uk. is it too late for them to get prepared? i'mjoined by the uk. is it too late for them to get prepared? i'm joined by amanda from deloitte who knows everything about brexit. why aren't these businesses ready? i would say there isa businesses ready? i would say there is a range here. some businesses are really ready and have been looking up really ready and have been looking up brexit for years, and others definitely less so and those findings are consistent with what we see at deloitte. i would say those that are not ready, probably three reasons. one, they've been dealing with the covid—19 disruption which has dragged resources into that. secondly, i think there is a bit of deadline fatigue. we had prepared for no deal twice before and thirdly, there is a hope that this deal with the eu will solve the problems. so is it too late for

businesses to get prepared? we are getting closer and closer to the 3ist getting closer and closer to the 31st of december when the transition period ends. are they too late?|j don't period ends. are they too late?” don't think they are. the fact is that 90% of the changes that business needs to make are known. we know we will be seeing checks of the border and declarations and all importers and exporters need to work out how to fill the forms out and there is a lot of guidance out there and the government has issued 2000 pieces of information and trade bodies have a wealth of information as well, so i thinkjust knowing who in your supply as well, so i thinkjust knowing who in yoursupply chain as well, so i thinkjust knowing who in your supply chain is responsible for making the declarations and working out how to classify your goods, what weight are they, where they originate, all those things need to be researched and put on the form to give to the haulier to make the declaration. so if we do eventually get a deal, will that make a massive difference overnight for these businesses? where it will

make a difference is on tariffs. it won't make a difference on the declarations that need to be made. they will have to be made anyway, but on tariffs, this is quite important for some industries as you mentioned in your opening, food, particularly high tariffs in areas like dairy and we import a lot of salad and fruit, and they tend to be relatively high tariffs. for those sectors impacted, the deal, if it is zero tariff or a zero quota, that is important to them, but all of the detail around it, the admin and clearances, that can be prepared for now. it is surprising in a way and we know we left the european union on the 31st of january this year and we are talking about this in september. is there some blame for the government in not getting businesses prepared? they've started a new communications campaign and there is a lot of notice is out there is a lot of notice is out there andl there is a lot of notice is out there and i think businesses have started to really focus their attention in the last two weeks. after the summer, we have seen

businesses getting into the detail now and i do think that this confidence that this date is actually the one they need to work two is very important and the government has been very clear that they will not extend the transition, so they will not extend the transition, soi they will not extend the transition, so i think the message to business is now is the time to get the detail and get ready. time to get their skates on. amanda, thank you very much indeed. i am here in portsmouth all day and we will be talking travel, imports, exports and how brexit will affect you as well. thank you. thank you very much for that. more throughout the day there. let's show you live pictures from 11 downing street we expect to see the chancellor appearfrom we expect to see the chancellor appear from that door very soon. alongside dame carolyn fairbairn from the cbi and frances o'grady from the tuc. this is ahead of him announcing new

measures to supportjobs, employers and the economy after the furlough scheme comes to and the economy after the furlough scheme comes to an and the economy after the furlough scheme comes to an end next month, and let me tell you we are expecting to see the chancellor speak in the house of commons at around midday for viewers here in the uk and there will be full coverage here on bbc news. no sign of anyone emerging from number 11 just yet, but we expect that pretty soon. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, is at westminster. hello to you. big expectations around a statement from the chancellor and lots of people from different sectors of the economy getting in touch with us today asking, what about us? hoping that they will be included in whatever they will be included in whatever the chancellor comes up with but after furlough i guess the chancellor comes up with but afterfurlough i guess he will not be able to please all of the people all of the time. no, i think that's probably right, because the furlough scheme was announced at the start of the pandemic and it was something the pandemic and it was something the government put together quickly and it was very wide scale and

almost a one size fits all policy to effectively keep jobs going unpaid people in some cases to stay at home because they were not able to work while the country went into lockdown. we are not expecting a full extension of that scheme, but rather something that might be wage subsidies. let me interrupt you, because there you can see, as billed. are you all united behind this plan? where is all the money coming from to pay for this, chancellor? so, a brief photo opportunity outside number 11 downing st will stop no responses to those questions, but organisations like the tuc and the cbi, alex, they have said they want to work with the government to support these new measures, whatever they are. it's quite significant you saw frances o'grady from the tuc standing alongside rishi sunak. it's not

everyday you see a big union leader standing alongside a conservative chancellor when they're standing alongside a conservative chancellor when they‘ re about standing alongside a conservative chancellor when they're about to come out with a job plan, which makes us think they are behind the plan, and also the cbi and the government have been keen to stress they are working with business on they are working with business on the unions and we are expecting something that will be the government part paying wages to keep people in work when they can or a package of extending some of the loa n package of extending some of the loan support offered to business at the height of the pandemic but not going as far as the very expensive furlough scheme which has been running up to this point and is due to end at the end of the month and i think that is in part because the government does not want to support jobs that won't be viable in the long time, so it's about keeping jobs going where they can and to that end we might see something about retraining, redeploying, developing skills in other areas, but what will be clear is that they cannot keep all of the job is protected. we are going into an incredibly difficult economic period on the chancellor will have to be

pretty honest about that and this is going to be very painful for pretty honest about that and this is going to be very painfulfor a lot of people who could see theirjob go despite whatever support the government puts in place today. ok, alex, thank you for that. we will keep a close eye on all of those developments at westminster and bring you lots of reactions and analysis to the chancellor's announcement. rescuers are racing against time to try to save dozens of pilot whales that have become stranded on the west coast of tasmania. nearly 400 have already died in what is thought to be australia's largest ever stranding. officials have said the rescue effort will continue "as long as there are live animals." our australia correspondent shaimaa khalil reports. for four days, rescuers have been working tirelessly to save as many whales as they can, and for most of the animals, it's now too late. tasmania's west coast has become the scene of the biggest whale beaching on record in australia. despite the death of nearly 400, there's still hope for those clinging to life.

the animals that are still alive, we think we do have a chance with those, given that they're wet, they're cool at this stage, and we're pushing ahead with rescue at this stage. a team of about 60 people have been working in rugged waters, trying to guide the surviving whales into the sea. 70 have been saved so far, but some had beached themselves again after being brought in by the tide. this is not uncommon in the region but scientists don't know exactly what draws the animals so close to the shore. and the scale this time is unprecedented. while the focus now is on helping the remaining animals, efforts will soon shift to removing the hundreds of carcasses scattered along the coast. a huge clean—up operation for the biggest stranding in australia's history. shaimaa khalil, bbc news, sydney.

for more than 65 years he has been shaking and stirring first readers and then film—goers alike — carrying out top secret work on behalf of her majesty's secret service. i am, of course, talking about james bond. he doesn't really exist, but it turns out there may have been a real mr bond. this report from tim allman is for your eyes only. he is the world's most famous spy. 007, license to kill — you know the rest. james bond's latest adventure, no time to die, is due in cinemas, covid willing, later this year. that is the fiction but here in poland's cold war archives, facts have emerged about a previously unheard of british agent with a very familiar name — bond, james albert bond. he came to poland in the early 60s working as an archivist in the british embassy, but there seems to be much more to him than that.

translation: we know he spent almost a year in poland. he worked at the military attache office. he showed interest in military facilities. he liked women, just like his literary namesake, but there is no word in the files about martinis. but there is information that he liked polish beer. bond was created by ian fleming, the first novel published in 1953. legend has it he was named after an author of a book about bird—watching. the character became iconic, appearing in dozens of films, perhaps inspiring his less well—known counterpart. translation: he came to poland in 1964 at the time goldfinger was being shown in cinemas. maybe he was playing games with polish counterintelligence? maybe he had a sense of humour? fleming's creation became a global phenomenon. james albert bond left poland in 1965 and, like all good spies,

disappeared into the shadows. the name's allman, tim allman, bbc news. a number of cougars have been spotted strolling through the suburbs of the chilean capital, santiago. scientists say coronavirus lockdowns have embolded the cougars, who have been searching for food after years of drought in the andes. local zoo workers captured one cougar that became trapped in a neighbourhood garden. it was released back into the wild after a medical. the coronavirus pandemic has hit the airline industry hard with many companies struggling due to a lack of passengers. however, qantas has come up with a novel way to bring in some extra cash. the australian airline is selling 1,000 drinks trolleys taken from its retired boeing 747s. a stocked, full—size trolley is going for around 1,500 australian dollars — that's around 800 pounds — and a half trolley still stocked with the same wines,

amenity kits and more will set you back around 1000 australian dollars — or roughly 550 pounds. within hours of them going on sale, all the drink trolleys were completely sold out. you're watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. it's been an interesting day so far. many areas have seen the umbrellas get a good work—out through the morning, further north, cold start frosty start on the coldest to a september morning since 1997. we have a band of rain persisting through the afternoon in northern ireland and southern scotland and the showers continue to pack in across england and wales, vertically further west and south with winds touching gale force around the scilly isles and very blustery

through the english channel. if showers toward central and eastern parts of england but then you head north and there are more downpours around the borders with scotland and the temperatures here around seven or8 the temperatures here around seven or 8 degrees, wait for parts of southern and eastern northern ireland but a bright day and a fine day for northern scotland after actually start. we will see showers return to the hebrides later and the rain that reaches the far south will push south again and bits of rain at times overnight which will stop the temperatures dropping too much but it's across central and southern scotland, in glasgow, around two or three degrees and in the countryside we could get below freezing again. as we go into friday the big picture is the low pressure but northern winds will be whether springing frequent showers even longer spells of rain to eastern and northern counties of england with gale force winds along the coastline and further west we see showers, especially early in the day around the western fringes, parts of northern ireland, the west of wales and into devon and cornwall which is

pushed down on the brisk wind and that wind will- it pushed down on the brisk wind and that wind will - it feel pushed down on the brisk wind and that wind will- it feel rather that wind will make it feel rather chilly with temperatures only between ten or 15 and we should be around 15 or 19 at this time of year but even colder along the eastern coast given the strength of the wind and it will be windy through friday night into saturday across eastern areas. at the same time, watch for an area of cloud and potential rain in the scilly isles and west cornwall before brightening up. most of us on saturday will have a dry day with plenty of sunshine, particularly in the morning. more cloud and a chance for further rain in the eastern coast and feeling cold in the breeze again. the breeze will ease down through saturday night and certainly through the weekend but get ready for some chilly nights with a greater chance of frost particularly in the north and the west.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a plan to protectjobs — the uk chancellor will unveil new measures to replace the furlough scheme within the next hour. a wage top—up and more business loans could be on the way. critics say it may come too late for some. we can't have this kind of last—minute response again. we have had it around wage support. today it seems we have had it for self isolators. we need to have much more future planning from the chancellor. the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app is now available in england and wales. anyone with a compatible smartphone is being urged to download it. the more people who download it, the safer we will be.

it is as simple as that. 600 people at glasgow university are self—isolating, after more than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers' week ended. two police officers are shot during protests over a decision not to charge anyone with the death of black hospital worker breonna taylor. and as hollywood star ryan reynolds looks to invest in welsh football club wrexham, we'll get the latest on the potential takeover. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. in the next hour, new measures to protect millions of uk jobs

and the economy will be set out by the chancellor. rishi sunak is under pressure from business, unions and mps to come up with a suitable replacement for the furlough scheme, which ends next month. mr sunak has been told by boris johnson to come up with "creative and imaginative" solutions. so the autumn budget is cancelled and mps will be told of his winter plan for the economy. it's thought different forms of wage subsidy and targeted financial help is being considered. options may include a salary top—up scheme, similar to those already operating in france and germany. and a possible extension to a vat cut for tourism and hospitality until the end of march. the cbi wants a wages top—up from the government, provided that employees can work at least 50% of their normal hours. the tuc goes further. it wants workers to be guaranteed 80% pay for hours lost, or 100% if they are on minimum wage.

five million people were on furlough injuly. all the help schemes together are estimated by the treasury to cost around £190 billion. our political correspondent iain watson has this report. coronavirus has changed how we work, where we work and even if we are able to work at all. borisjohnson has said the furlough scheme has supported 12 millionjobs but it will be withdrawn at the end of next month. as coronavirus cases continue to rise, employers, unions and the opposition have called on the chancellor to extend or replace it. today, rishi sunak will set out how. the treasury have been studying schemes in germany and france where companies bring back staff on reduced hours. employers and the government both chip in to make up for some of the lost wages. the chancellor's also likely to extend schemes that make it easier for struggling firms to get vital loans. but there will also be a recognition

and not everyjob can be protected. a universal scheme of the nature we've had so far is probably not sustainable beyond the end of october. what will matter now is targeting. and so what he's got to do is use the imagination that i think he has shown hitherto to make sure that the support is targeted on those businesses that can get through this crisis and be sustainable into the medium and longer term. this autumn's budget has been cancelled. that means there won't be any tax rises. even if the budget has been scrapped, it's important the chancellor signals what he's going to do to support britain's businesses and britain's workers and as well, as a successor to the furlough scheme, support for short—term work and he also needs to set out what we're going to do to invest in low—carbon electricity, in building new houses, in building a public transport system that this country desperately needs and deserves. these are the things that are going to keep the british economy moving as we get

through these next few difficult months with the coronavirus. labour is accusing the government of being slow to act. the party's leadership says they suggested the idea of wage subsidies more than a month ago. but for many people who are laid off from work and are fearful of furlough ending, any extra help from government is likely to be welcomed. iain watson, bbc news. more now from our political correspondent alex forsyth. we saw in the last few minutes rishi sunak, out of number 11 flight by sea sunak, out of number 11 flight by sea and one from the cbi. —— flight by someone from the cbi. there is support across the little divide there in a way for what he is about to announce. i think the government will be pleased they got that photo °p will be pleased they got that photo op planned because there is some backing for whatever chance chancellor is due to say this afternoon. of course, it is not

everyday you see a big union leader strong billy mack stand alongside a dash stand alongside a conservative minister. i do not think we are expecting the chancellor to announce an extension of the furlough scheme. perhaps a wage support, topping up salaries so people can go back to work part—time. there are still some fairly big questions for the government about which jobs it deems worthy of saving and which it doesn't. whether there will be sectors —— support for sectors that... will there be measures in particular for those areas? the tone will be talking about money protecting jobs where he can, but they will be some clear messaging they will be some clear messaging the government does not think they can save everyjob at this point. there aren't manyjobs that have gone already because of the economic

impact of this pandemic and that will only get tougher in the weeks and months to come. this could still be pretty painful for and months to come. this could still be pretty painfulfor a and months to come. this could still be pretty painful for a lot of people whatever the support chancellor put in place today. took slane to anyone watching, we have got slight puns with the visuals. we had a number of different shots that shouldn't be flashing up there. we are still waiting to hear from shouldn't be flashing up there. we are still waiting to hearfrom rishi sunak. we thought it might be 11:45am, it could be 12pm. a lot of people are going to be incredibly worried about their basicjob security, alex. the question is going to be, whatever the chancellor does, will it be enough to save enough people's jobs? there may be some focus on government initiatives to try and create more jobs. some focus on government initiatives to try and create morejobs. we have already had a sense of that from what the chancellor announced in july about training schemes and friendships and creating employment opportunities for young people in the kick—start schemes. they could

be something around that as well. we are going into a very difficult economic period and we will hear from the chancellor that not every job will be saved and it will still be difficult for people. the other big question behind all of this is how will it to be paid for? there will be no budget. we would normally expect a budget in the autumn and they will not be one this year and when it comes to the government's overall spending plans, they will only let us know what they plan to spend over the next year rather than the next three. there is some understanding that this is a very difficult economic period and things are unpredictable in the pandemic and that is why we are seeing the budget cancelled for this year. it still begs the question as to what the chancellor will have to do for what is likely to be an expensive package of measures today on top of the furlough scheme we have already seen. the furlough scheme we have already seen. borrowing costs are low at the moment, but if they are no tax rises in the budget this year, borrowing will have to continue and that may

cause some nerves on tory backbenchers who like to be known as the party of economic competence. at some point down the line, it will have to be paid for and that might be politically painful too. thank you, alex. we will come back to you in the next hour as rishi sunak stands up to give those details. apologies to you for our problem with our visual system. we seem to have a number of different images flashing up and we are trying to sort out getting proper control of that. we are hoping we can continue to try and bring you all the latest updates and the latest we have from nhs england on the covid test and trace scheme shows that 19,278 people tested positive for covid—19 between the tenth and 16th of september. that is almost three times as many people compared with the end of august. over 19,000 people, new people, testing positive for covid—19 in england between ten

and 16th of september, three times as many as compared with the end of august. confirmation these numbers are still rising as we have been seeing within the last week or so. more on what we are expecting to come out from the treasury from rishi sunak in the house of commons within the next hour on the furlough scheme and what might replace it. our business correspondent ben thompson is in west london. then, there has been huge levels of concern voiced by small and big business alike as to how they will survive the next very difficult six months. yes, you are right. we are hearing from alex in westminster about what the chancellor may try to do to ease some of their fears. they have been growing calls for him to extend the furlough scheme and that in itself is unlikely to happen and what will billy mack we will get instead is some level of support for

businesses who will hope to get some stuff back in work —— what we will get instead. demand might not simply be there and they may not have the orders on their books to get people m, orders on their books to get people in, and what might happen instead is those workers will be asked to work fewer hours of the government will top up the rest of the salary to get them back to the point where they are earning something akin to what they were before all this began. there are certain sectors that have been hit much harder than others. we know travel and tourism, one of the worst affected, hospitality too especially with those new rules introduced at this week. that means that in england and pubs will have to close at 10pm and will also have to close at 10pm and will also have to have a table service only. they suggest that will get fewer people through their doors and will make less money and may have to take on extra staff to police it and to take those orders. we are also —— we also know the conference business and business events is struggling badly asa business events is struggling badly as a result of the limit on how money people can meet and we also

know there are other industries, particularly theatre and entertainment, which will suffer badly unable to reopen in any shape orform. what badly unable to reopen in any shape or form. what they have asked the chancellor for is a new package of assistance. as we say, we know it is very expensive, the furlough scheme so very expensive, the furlough scheme so far, and is due to expire at the end of october. they have had to come up with a solution. the chancellor will be looking at something that cost a little less, because as alex was telling us too, we have to work out how this will be paid for with the budget delayed. given the uncertainty, it is difficult to make addictions about predictions about harmony parts the chancellor is contending with. —— to make predictions about how many parts. many i have spoken to have said that the order book for many businesses is ok and they are still fulfilling orders that have come in during lockdown and have struggled to clear a backlog. the problem

comes at the start of next year when consumers are feeling more cautious and less likely to spend and by and so and less likely to spend and by and so january and february can be really tough times for businesses. that is given that the furlough scheme will have run out and customers will feel nervous about the economy and we will be in the midst of a recession so will feel more worried the start of next year rather than necessarily right now. and thompson in west london, thank you very much indeed for that. we will update you as soon as rishi sunak gets to his feet. we want to let you know a bit more about the test and trace numbers we have been getting in. as i said a few movements ago, it has been revealed that 19,279 people have tested positive for covid—19 between the tenth and 16th of september. three times as many impaired to the end of august. nhs england test and trace said seven 7556 contacts were identified —— 17,556.

said seven 7556 contacts were identified "17,556. 84 said seven 7556 contacts were identified ——17,556. 84 point —— 84.7% were available. people were watching the numbers on the test and trace scheme, we are seeing how many we re trace scheme, we are seeing how many were reached and how many positives were reached and how many positives we are getting as the numbers appear to continue to rise. let's speak now to adam cozens, co—founder of perky blenders coffee shops in east london and has used the furlough scheme since it came in earlier this year. thank you forjoining us. sorry, i don't realise if you realised your image flashed of a couple of times in the last few moments. we are trying to sort the system out. how have you managed in the last few weeks and months with the furlough scheme? we have made use of the furlough scheme, we are an

independent family run business. we have 35 staff, some of those full—time, some on an hourly rate. we have got four shops of our own. the shops are seeing a fluctuation and that is down to consumer spending. we have been... it has been an advantage that we have had our online coffee by post. we rose our online coffee by post. we rose our own coffee, we also supply the hospitality industry. —— we roast our own coffee. we have seen that impact on our business. we have been lucky in as much as the online business, which has been very popular, coffee by post, we have been able to move some stuff into the roastery where we have increased business there. but the shops, we have used the furlough scheme since may and actually, coming towards the end of october, we were just about

at the point where we were always off the furlough scheme. it has been useful for us to retain our workforce and... how will it affect you with it ending and do you think, if we get some revision for supporting workers on a part—time basis, how much will that help you? i think having some level of support will give confidence. it is confidence not only to our own stuff, but to our customers. as we come to the end of the furlough scheme, there is a lot of unknown. the announcement recently, restrictions on movement to work, where people are being encouraged not to travel are the remap is going to affect our kiosks where we sell coffee at the stations. we are expecting to see a downturn in business there. how that affects us is that we have staff within those kiosks which, if we do not have the business, we will need to reduce the

hours they are working. what has been beneficial in the past is that we we re been beneficial in the past is that we were able to use it furlough scheme to furlough summary full—time and give —— furlough somebody part—time and give full time hours to somebody else. it means we can have a reasonable income for our staff members and retain the workforce. that is going to be useful for us even though we did come to the end of needing to use that the last couple of weeks. can you give me an idea as to how much business proportionately you have lost in the last few months? just how stressful this must have been for you and everyone you work with. element challenging, we have tried not to get ourselves to stress over it and we have had to diversify. saw in our busiest kiosk on one of the underground stations a dip of 75% in sales. we have not recovered fully from that. but we were running about 2596 from that. but we were running about 25% loan or would have been doing

recently. —— about 25% alone. what we are expecting as a business is that we will return at some point to some normality or similarity to what our level of income was before. that means we do want to retain our staff and continue to grow, which is what we have set out to do in 2020.“ you get some sort of funding that allows you to employ people part—time and the government tops it up, we part—time and the government tops it up, we are part—time and the government tops it up, we are waiting to find out what is announced, will let allow you to keep everyone employed? currently we have everyone employed and are expecting to keep everyone employed regardless. there may be a decrease in hours that are available to staff and if there were some support for that, it would be useful for the income of each of our members of staff. so, yes, having facility

there would certainly be useful to us there would certainly be useful to us andi there would certainly be useful to us and i no my colleagues are back in hospitality will be making use of it. adam from perky blenders in east london, thank you very much indeed. 600 people at glasgow university are self—isolating, after more than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus. the outbreak has been linked to freshers' week activities at two halls of residence. the university says it's providing advice to any student self—isolating, but warned that those breaking the rules faced disciplinary action, including suspension from their degree. the health secretary, matt hancock says the outbreak is worrying. of course i am concerned about rising cases amongst people at university and younger people. for two reasons, the first is that no matter what your age, even you are much less likely to die of covid—19 if you are younger, you can still get long covid. that means months

and months of symptoms that mean that it and months of symptoms that mean thatitis and months of symptoms that mean that it is hard to get out of bed in the morning, that you can have aches and pains going on for months. and the second reason is that the more young people that get it, the more they spread it to older people. with less than 100 days to go until the brexit transition period ends, there is still no clear sign of a deal between the uk and the eu. even though we left officially injanuary of this year, both sides still need to work out the rules for the new relationship. this includes everything from trade, immigration, aviation, security and access to fishing waters. these rules have to be negotiated and signed off by the eu and uk parliaments by the end of the year. so, how could you be affected if the uk does leave the eu without an agreement? our business correspondent ramzan karmali is spending the day at portsmouth international port and we canjoin him now.

thank you. we are in portsmouth and it is very windy but thankfully drive. the people who run this report say it is the best connected in the whole country. lots of imports and exports come through here but there is also a fair amount of travel too, and that is one area after brexit which will change and there will be implications. to help is what those are, i am joined from sean from the travel association. why should we care about brexit when we have coronavirus looming over us? why should we start worrying about what will happen when we leave the transition period on the 31st of december? i understand that and we have spoken about nothing but covid—19 and it has had a devastating impact on the travel industry. people do want to go away and from the 1st ofjanuary, people will be heading off to europe subject to restrictions, and at that time of year that i going to the

ca nary time of year that i going to the canary islands or skiing, and they will need to know about some changes. things to look out for, travel insurance and those cards, they will not be valid from the 1st of january, is that right? the they will not be valid from the 1st ofjanuary, is that right? the eu health insurance card has been around for years and health care throughout europe is not something you will be able to rely on. there are talks behind—the—scenes about individual eu states, but you simply cannot walk into a french hospital in the 2nd ofjanuary within eu card and get treated. it is important you ta ke and get treated. it is important you take out quality insurance and we have always said that as an association. people often rely on that card. get a good quality policy. the next issue is your passport. this is potentially very serious because at the moment, as long if your passport is valid from the day you come back from france or spain or wherever is fine, but from the 1st of january spain or wherever is fine, but from the 1st ofjanuary you have got to

have six months validity on the end of your passport. if you have renewed it early, the three months you had outstanding would not count on the news passport. if you have an invalid passport, you will not be allowed on the plane or ferry at the end of your holiday. you need to be really careful. you should start thinking nine months in advance rather than six months in advance if you are thinking of renewing your passport? simon if you have an older passport? simon if you have an older passport like mine issued six years ago, the six months i have left will not count towards the six. that is something you need to be careful about. and you see a situation where they could be panic on the 1st of january of people trying to get out of the uk to european countries or do you think that actually, not a lot will change? i think it will be quieter because of covid-19, they could be restrictions in place for many european destinations. from our

perspective hopefully not, but it is possible. one thing i would say is that when the government announced they would allow people to travel to ireland, or two islands, they would allow people to travel to ireland, ortwo islands, the they would allow people to travel to ireland, or two islands, the canary islands is a popular destination and they could go there. with brexit and travelling, there is no golden law here, is there? it feels very much like people should just carry on as normal. is that the message? there are potentially serious implications for travel, but on a practical basis it is the two things, passport, he hit card, you need to get a pet passport, and one thing you will notice is you are going into a different continent. your passport is now uk passport, not one of the eu. so you need to watch out where your walking in the airport. thank your walking in the airport. thank you very much. i am in portsmouth

all day and we are talking all sorts things brexit and imports and exports. 70% of all of our bananas come through portsmouth. stay tuned. we will have plenty more here from portsmouth. many thanks indeed. we will see you later no doubt. thank you. two police officers have been shot and injured in the us city of louisville during protests that have followed a decision not to prosecute two of three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a black woman — breonna taylor. thousands of angry protesters defied a curfew to occupy the streets, demanding justice. aleem maqbool sent this update. chanting.

in the hours after it was announced no officer would be charged in relation to the killing of breonna taylor, hundreds took to the streets of louisville. in march, the 26—year—old had been in her own home when plain—clothes police burst in. they were executing a search warrant, but her boyfriend thought they were intruders and fired a licensed gun at them. the police fired back many times and breonna was killed. no drugs or illegal weapons were found at her home. there have since been months of demonstrations that have mainly been peaceful but tonight's were marred by the shooting and injuring of two officers. our officers were called to the area of the college and shots were fired in the area. as they were deploying to investigate what was going on at first and broadway, shots rang out and two of our officers were shot. both officers are undergoing treatment at university hospital.

one is in alert and stable, the other officer is currently undergoing surgery and stable. we do have one suspect in custody. many arrests were made and curfews have been extended into the coming days as the anger from protesters over the apparent lack of police accountability in the case of breonna taylor and many other cases continues to be felt. aleem maqbool, bbc news, louisville. in football, hollywood stars ryan reynolds and rob mcelhenney are interested in investing in wrexham, the club have confirmed. the two actors will put forward their vision for the club to members at a special general meeting. the fan—owned club's members have voted overwhelmingly for talks to proceed. spencer harris is a director of wrexham afc. thank you forjoining us today. what can you tell us about the interest from these two hollywood actors? the two hollywood actors, they are

obviously very successful, they are professional and serious people. they are putting forward a bit to ta ke they are putting forward a bit to take control of the football club, which we are currently in discussions with them to finalise something that will go to supporters, ultimately, to make the decision on whether that is the decision on whether that is the decision they wish us to take. while the interested? i think you would need to... and they will set out their vision of what they intend to do in due course, but from our perspective, the question would be, why aren't they? wrexham afc is the third oldest professional club in the world and the oldest professional clu b the world and the oldest professional club in wales and its place at the oldest international stadium anywhere in the world, the race. . . stadium anywhere in the world, the race... sorry to interrupt you, just hang on for us for a second. i want to let you know that bbc two viewers are leaving us for now. this is bbc

news and we are bringing you like coverage of the chancellor rishi sunak‘s coverage of the chancellor rishi suna k‘s statement within coverage of the chancellor rishi sunak‘s statement within the next half an hour. this is bbc news. and we arejust going half an hour. this is bbc news. and we are just going to carry on. sorry, talking about wrexham afc. spencer harris, sorry about that. we are broadcasting on multiple channels at the moment. they will speu channels at the moment. they will spell out their interest, but this has been owned by fans. this would bea has been owned by fans. this would be a big change, wouldn't it? yes, so, we have been community owned since 2011. the community has done a tremendousjob of since 2011. the community has done a tremendous job of taking over what was a business under severe distress and turning that into a sustainable and turning that into a sustainable and very well run club. one of the only clubs that... we are good prospect. north wales, and this area

of north wales has a huge catchment of north wales has a huge catchment of people and we are the only professional clu b of people and we are the only professional club that plays in the english football pyramid in that area. we are in a real good prospect to be able to grow and develop as a football clu b to be able to grow and develop as a football club in the future. very difficult at the moment with fans not being able to come in and generate revenue tickets, so what will happen if you don't get this financial investment? we are ok at the moment. it is a very very difficult environment for football clu bs difficult environment for football clubs and down the country. there is even any league clubs who have taken significant loans from the government in this environment. we haven't been able to play any live football in front of fans since february, so it does start to bite with a long wait for that. we are hopeful that rishi sunak will

announce things that will help not football is something that brings social cohesion and brings communities together. for example, wrexham football club getting crowds at the moment of rant about 5000 is the singles biggest entity that brings that sort of numbers of people together on a regular basis and we hope, post this covid pandemic, to return to that and beyond. many thanks, thank you. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a plan to protectjobs — the uk chancellor will shortly unveil new measures to replace the furlough scheme. a wage top—up and more business loans could be on the way. critics say it may come too late for some. the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app is now available in england and wales — anyone with a compatible smartphone

is being urged to download it. 600 people at glasgow university are self—isolating after more than 120 students tested positive for coronavirus as freshers' week ended. and as hollywood star ryan reynolds looks to invest in welsh football club wrexham, we'll get the latest on the potential takeover. a coronavirus contact—tracing app has been launched in england and wales today after months of delays. it's being described as an important step forward by the health secretary matt hancock. anyone over the age of 16 is being asked to install the app on their smartphone. simonjones reports. voiceover: the app will help us safely live our lives protecting you and others. an advertising campaign urging us to get the app and protect our loved ones. this is how it works. the app uses a bluetooth connection. once it's installed,

if you come into close contact with others, that will be recorded on your phone. then, if you report through the app a positive test result, those who may have been close enough to be infected will be sent an anonymous alert. they will need to self—isolate. an early version didn't work and had to be scrapped despite being hailed as a potential game changer by the government in may. but now there's a new version. i've just downloaded the app. it's pretty quick to set up. the government says it is secure and will help keep us safe. but its success will very heavily depend on how many of us choose to use it. the government admits, though, there is a three—in—ten chance someone who is notified they are a high risk will actually be low risk, but it is working to improve the accuracy. the app will also allow users to scan a code to register their details when they visit pubs and restaurants. scotland and northern ireland have already launched their own versions, but the evidence so far suggests apps are only useful as an addition

to effective tracing programmes staffed by people. the team behind switzerland's swisscovid app say contact tracing data shows apps can help in the fight against the spread of the virus. the app was released at the end of may before becoming nationally available one month later. almost 1.6 million residents now use it actively, that's18.5% of the country's population. iamjoined by i am joined by a digital epidemiologist from the swiss federal institute of technology in the seren, switzerland, which helped develop the swisscovid tracing app. so, not even a fifth of the publishing using the app, is that enough to make a difference?m publishing using the app, is that enough to make a difference? it is enough to make a difference? it is enough to make a difference? it is enough to make a difference. doesn't sound like much but in such a short time, to get a fifth of the

population, and probably a third of all those who have the relevant phones, is quite something. to catch a weed to increase the numbers though we can already see it has an effect. —— we need to increase. though we can already see it has an effect. -- we need to increase. what would your advice be to people in uk are worried about their privacy as the government here launches this app? it is important to understand the app being launched in the uk is based on the same technology that has been used in switzerland and germany, based on this exposure notification protocol, a protocol that, in the technology, draws a line in the sand about what can be done and what cannot be done. so, this is an extremely busy preserving technology. in fact, some people argue it is to privacy preserving and it does make the analysis of the

data a little bit harder, because it is very little data being collected, practically none, so it is a privacy protecting app that can really be downloaded without any great concerns. one problem i knowl had this morning when i try to download it, and we have heard of others with the same problem, if you don't have the same problem, if you don't have the right upgrade on your phone, you can't access the app. were trying to get clarification on that, did you have any similar problems? yes, everybody had similar problems because everybody uses this exposure notification protocol, which is part of the operating system. the issue is that this part of the operating system is only available after a certain upgrade of the operating system, 13.5 in particular on ios, and other phones, in particular the very popular i phone 6 and earlier

simply cannot update their operating system, and that's a bit of a concern, but there is nothing that the nhs and the swiss equivalent can do, that is with apple. that is exactly the phone that i've it is, so exactly the phone that i've it is, so that explains it to. is there any other way round getting an off reach within the population, a fog that we could be given to those who don't have a smartphone? that is a potential, but that will certainly ta ke potential, but that will certainly take some time. in the meanwhile, i would argue that those who do have newer phones, which is the vast majority, i would encourage them to download the app and benefit from what the app offers. even if it's indirect, by notifying others who can then take precautionary measures to stop the transmission chains. and is looking at the epidemiology, what information have you learned, how

much is it been protective of people since this app was installed in switzerland? it is important to say that we learned the principal very little, and that is by design, because there is no data collected. and the little that we have learned is that we now understand how effective the app can be, because the app points people towards testing and these people then test positively, and many of them had no symptoms whatsoever, had no clue they were actually infected, and the application map told them they should get tested. so these people could then self—isolate and stop the transmission of this virus. the effect of that is still somewhat limited, in ourcase, effect of that is still somewhat limited, in our case, this was a period of time that we looked at what we had about 12,000 positive cases, the app found at 60, so that is not a huge number but it's

because only 18% use the app, and as soon as more because only 18% use the app, and as soon as more people use the app, that effect can go dramatically. in switzerland, we say this is part of a strategy, not a magic tool, just another part of the strategy. this relies on public cooperation, any idea how many people are ignoring m essa 9 es idea how many people are ignoring m essa g es to idea how many people are ignoring messages to isolate if it went to two or more will not using the testing system when you go to a pub restau ra nt testing system when you go to a pub restaurant or whatever so they can't be tracked or told to stay at home? that is the compromise that has been found that we don't know how many people have got a notification and decided not to do anything or decided not to do anything or decided to do something but not tell anyone. this is the privacy preservation built into this feature, we don't know and rest on the assumption that people to do the right thing because everyone understands we want to get this over with as soon as possible. many

thanks. new figures this morning reveal that 74.7% of close contacts of people who tested positive for covid—19 in england were reached through the test and trace system and asked to self—isolate in the week ending september the 16th. and more than 19,000 people tested positive in that week, which was almost three times as many compared with the end of august. professor sheila bird is part of the royal statistical society of the uk covid—19 task force. she joins us now from northamptonshire. thank you for your time. are you surprised to see those latest numbers, that increase again?” surprised to see those latest numbers, that increase again? i was rather expecting that we might be looking at an even higher number, having been transferred to test and trace. so we went out, the previous week was about 15,500, up to 21,500

transferred in the most recent week. notably, in these figures, however, isa notably, in these figures, however, is a sharp increase in the numbers who tested positive are doubling, the numbers who tested positive through those in medical needs, and thatis through those in medical needs, and that is causing concern. what about the delay in people getting hold of tests a nd the delay in people getting hold of tests and getting hold of the results, what effect is that having? obviously, the longer it takes for people to access testing and get their result and for test and trace to be able to reach them and ask for contact, those contacts, if they are not reached soon enough, will have spent some of the time that they properly should have been in quarantine out and about. so one thing is we don't know from test and

trace at present, but assured, and one of the things that the app will help, is speeding up the ability of contacts help, is speeding up the ability of co nta cts to help, is speeding up the ability of contacts to take actions quarantine themselves. so it is quite possible just now that it may take four days of the period that i ought to be in quarantine before test and trace actually reaches me. so i have got ten days of my 14 that i should actually be inside at home, even with the best will in the world. the app should help that, but u nfortu nately, app should help that, but unfortunately, at the moment, we don't have that information for the weight test and trace is performing presently, before the app was introduced, which is a shame and i hope that the record linkage within test and trace might be able to allow us to know something about that. what about the percentage of

people who get the app, how important is that? is there a threshold level of uptake and look for it to be really useful? obviously, the higher that percentage is, the better i. what we may need to do, the privacy concerned that were outlined in your previous piece are really important, but what we can do, when somebody tests positive and they get the results back as a positive person, we could ask them at that point, why did you test? is it because you've recently been in quarantine, because you are a member of a household with someone you are a member of a household with someone who you are a member of a household with someone who proves a you are a member of a household with someone who proves a cinematic case? that's the highest risk group. did you have your test because you are external contact of a symptomatic case? did you have your test because you have been returned from a high

risk country? which is probably the lowest of the three. and did you test because the app prompted you to? and just asking that question when we returned the test results which give us some very important information about the extent to which the app is contributing to getting positive is to know their status. i don't know if you can help me with this question, but we saw the briefing from the government and the briefing from the government and the chief medical adviser is about doubling in what that could mean down the track, no information as to how reliable and if the stats are, what is your best understanding on the risks going forward, whether that will mean more restrictions are inevitable? the illustrations that the chief scientific advisor gave

was an illustration of what would it be the case if we were at the stage of doubling of infections every week, and that is by no means an implausible scenario to have presented. i think we're seeing in the figures even this week that that is exactly what we are in the throes of. it's really important that people adhere to quarantine, it's important that test and trace reaches those people and advises them to go into quarantine as soon as possible, and it is, as the royal statistical society has recommended, extremely important that we start to evaluate the impact of test and trace. by actually doing random visits to the homes of the indexed positives to offer a swab test, find

out how many and how early in the quarantine they test positive and those visits also, incidentally, check adherence to the stay at home a message. we haven't been doing that, we've been extremely trusting, but as a former medical research council santos, i think i might‘ve been booted out of the brownies and not checked that the way that i had set things up was working the way i expected them to do. you make these checks as early as possible and you modify the system in accordance with what you find. and of course, once people know that your going to make those random visits and offer a test, it is indication that you are actually taking very seriously yourself the advice that has been given, because you're actually checking up. that is what science

would say we should do. very interesting to hear that advice, what might be coming, what you think the government should do to push forward and checking these actions. thank you very much. as we've been reporting, there's been a significant outbreak of covid—19 at glasgow university, with 124 students testing positive. more than 600 people are now self—isolating. it's thought that the outbreak occured after freshers' week activities. the university has said any students failing to stick to the guidelines will face disciplinary action we're joined now by our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is who is in glasgow. this seems like a very big worrying outbreak? a significant and concerning outbreak but more than 1000 students at universities across scotla nd 1000 students at universities across scotland are now self—isolating. that has been outbreaks at aberdeen university, abertay university, st andrews university, but my

significant and concerning is at the university of glasgow. around 600 stu d e nts university of glasgow. around 600 students are now self—isolating there from two separate halls of residence. as you say, 124 have tested positive although the scottish government is warning that the number of infections are likely to be higher. under scottish government guidance, students are grouped into household bubbles based on shared facilities, such as kitchens, but it does seem as if this outbreak can be traced back to contact outside that a household bubble that took place during freshers week. the national clinical director here in scotland, professor jason leitch, has appealed to stu d e nts jason leitch, has appealed to students not to hold parties. interestingly, he's also saying that, if you're self—isolating, you have to stay in your accommodation, stay in your rooms, but outside of that, he's also sent to students to think carefully, if they were thinking about going home for the

weekend, thinking about whether they should, because what they don't want to happen is for people who haven't been picked up by the test and trace system who are perhaps symptomless, to head home for the weekend and carry the virus with them to an area where perhaps the prevalence of the virus is a lot lower. the university of glasgow has said that her mobile testing unit is being sent to the halls of residence to help with the testing of the students, they are going to provide food and essential items to those in need and also they have closed the student unions there for the weekend and are also warning that while the vast majority of stu d e nts that while the vast majority of students are doing the right thing, any student found to be breaking the rules well faced disciplinary action. they could have their accommodation contract terminated and they could also be suspended from the university. what is happening to those who might be ill or becoming very ill? going to please our children who have just left home for the first time,

probably, away from their families. otherfamilies being probably, away from their families. other families being allowed to come and look after them, as they like to go home? no, when you self-isolate to stay where you are, you are, you have to stay in that accommodation. you're right, there will be some pa rents were you're right, there will be some parents were very concerned indeed about the children. the reports we are getting back from those students, and if they were taking pa rt students, and if they were taking part in freshers' week enter in holes, the chances are they are in first year, so there are perhaps 17, 18,19 first year, so there are perhaps 17, 18, 19 years first year, so there are perhaps 17, 18,19 years of age, the first year, so there are perhaps 17, 18, 19 years of age, the reports we are getting is that people are experiencing mild symptoms as we understand it so far, no—one has been hospitalised, but it is a worrying time for parents. so stu d e nts worrying time for parents. so students have to stay in situ, wetherby tested positive or they are self—isolating. at the university of glasgow is saying it is providing help and support and one suspects kerry i'm keeping a very close eye on the health conditions of those

involved as well as making sure they have food and support as well. they need nurses and doctors on hand because the situation with covid, i know from personal experience, can turn very rapidly and youngsters, they don't necessarily have to look after themselves. it's a good question, what does that support entail? yet register at health centres you are a student, but a lot of these students do not have a wide support network in these accommodations. they're support network in these accommodations. they‘ re new support network in these accommodations. they're new to the city, they are away from their family, and all of the teaching is online at this term. think there are a lot of thinking going on at the moment of notjust had to contain these outbreaks but how to put in place this additional support structures to make sure the health of those involved is monitored

carefully. president trump has been criticised after he refused to guarantee that he will transfer power peacefully if he loses the election in november. he's again complained of the likelihood of electoral fraud if more voters choose to cast their ballots by post. here's what the president was asked at a news conference. will you commit to data a peaceful tra nsfer of will you commit to data a peaceful transfer of power? we will have to see what happens, i have complained very strongly about the pellets and are a disaster. people are rioting, we commit to making sure there is a peaceful tra nsfer of we commit to making sure there is a peaceful transfer of power?“ we commit to making sure there is a peaceful transfer of power? if you get rid of the ballots, there won't bea get rid of the ballots, there won't be a transfer, there will be a continuation. president trump speaking about what might happen in november. one of the most famous names injournalism,

sir harold evans has died at the age of 92. married for almost 40 years to fellow journalist tina brown, evans forged a reputation as one of the most fearsome investigative writers of his time. our media editor amol rajan looks back at his life. harold evans in the early 1980s, after he'd left britain for america. on both sides of the atlantic, he achieved success as a brilliant journalist and editor. but his greatest triumph had been to turn the sunday times into a campaigning newspaper. and his greatest campaign was that on behalf of victims of thalidomide. the paper won them increased compensation and scored a landmark victory for freedom of the press in the european court to the editor's delight. tremendous, it's the most important judgment, not only for freedom of the press but for the citizen's right to know in england. the most distinguished group ofjudges have told the british government, reform the laws, they've got to do it now. after 13 years, he was banged out

by the sunday times printers, a measure of the esteem in which his staff held him. rupert murdoch had bought the paper and asked evans to edit the times. it didn't work out. a year later, he'd resigned, claiming the proprietor wouldn't give him the editorial independence he'd been promised. he found america more congenial, later becoming a us citizen. the americans are enormously welcoming and open. you wouldn't, i don't think, get quite the same thing in london. by now, he was overshadowed in the public eye by his younger, more glamorous wife, tina brown. she was the fashionable and sometimes controversial editor, first of vanity fair and later of the new yorker. they were a power couple. from the clinton white house down, they were at all the best parties. eventually, harold evans was knighted. a fine journalist and editor who'd combined technical brilliance with a crusader‘s belief in the duty of the press to make the world better place. harold evans, who's

died at the age of 92. the coronavirus pandemic has hit the airline industry hard, with many companies struggling due to a lack of passengers. however, qantas has come up with a new way to bring in some extra cash. the australian airline is selling 1000 drinks trolleys taken from its retired boeing 747s. a fully stocked, full—size trolley is going for around 1500 australian dollars — that's around £800 — and a half trolley still stocked with the same wine and amenity kits and more will set you back around 1000 australian dollars — or roughly £550. within just a few hours of them going on sale, all the drink trolleys were completely sold out. let's take you straight to the house of commons now where the chancellor rishi sunak is about to make a statement. this statement is on the ending of

the furlough scheme, we saw him leaving the treasury place, flanked bya leaving the treasury place, flanked by a representative of the cbi and also by the tuc firm a leader, which was a very also by the tuc firm a leader, which was a very interesting political position, francis o'grady backing, it seems, what the government is about to announce. chancellor. mr speaker, thank you for granting me permission to make this statement to the house today. earlier this week, the house today. earlier this week, the prime minister set out the next stage of the government's health response to coronavirus. today, i wa nt to response to coronavirus. today, i want to explain the next phase of our planned economic response. the house will be reassured to know have been developing plans to protect jobs and the economy over the winter period. plans at that seek to strike the finelyjudged period. plans at that seek to strike the finely judged balance period. plans at that seek to strike the finelyjudged balance between managing the virus and protecting

thejobs and managing the virus and protecting the jobs and livelihoods of millions. mr speaker, i know people are anxious and afraid and exhausted at the prospect of further restrictions on our economic and social freedoms. i restrictions on our economic and socialfreedoms. i shared restrictions on our economic and social freedoms. i shared those feelings but there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic. we are in a fundamentally different position than we were in march and we now know much more about this virus. public awareness of the risks and how to mitigate them is far greater and we have met our promise to give the nhs whatever it needs, with significant new funding for nhs capacity, for ppe, and i can inform the house today we have now provided over £12 billion for test and trace. in economic terms, while our output remains well below where it was in february, we have seen three consecutive months of growth and millions of people have moved off

the furlough and back to work. but at the resurgence of the measures we need to take in response pose a threat to this fragile economic recovery. so, our task now is to move to the next stage of our economic plan, nurturing the recovery by protecting jobs through the difficult winter months. mr speaker, the underlying rationale for the next phase of economic support must be different to what came before. the primary goal of our economic policy remains unchanged, to support people's jobs. but the way that we achieve that must evolve. back in march, we hoped we we re evolve. back in march, we hoped we were facing a temporary period of disruption. in response, we provided one of the most generous and comprehensive economic plans

anywhere in the world. with £190 billion of support for people, businesses and public services, as we protected our economic capacity. it is now clear, as the prime minister and our scientific advisers have said, for at least the next six months, the virus and restrictions are going to be a fact of our lives. our economy is now likely to undergo a more permanent adjustment. the sources of our economic growth and the kind ofjobs we create will adapt and evolve to the new normal. and our plan needs to adapt and evolve in response. above all, we need to face up to the trade—offs and hard choices coronavirus represents and, mr speaker, there has been no harder choice that the decision to end the furlough scheme.

the furlough was the right policy at the time we introduced it. a provided immediate short—term protection for millions ofjobs through a period of acute crisis. but, as the economy reopens, it is fundamentally wrong to hold people injobs that only fundamentally wrong to hold people in jobs that only exist inside the furlough. we need to create new opportunities and allow the economy to move forward. and that means supporting people to be in viable jobs, which provide genuine security. as a mare said throughout this crisis, i cannot save business. —— as i've said throughout this crisis. i cannot save everyjob, no chancellor could. but what we can and must do is deal with the real problem of businesses and employees are facing now. in march, the problem was that we ordered

businesses to close. in response, we pay to at home and not work. today, the problem is different. many businesses are operating safely and viably but they now face uncertainty and reduced demand over the winter months. but they needed support to bring people back to work and protect as many viable jobs as we can. to do that, i am announcing today the new jobs support scheme. the government will directly support the wages of people in work, giving businesses to face depressed demand the option of keeping employees in a job on shorter hours, rather than making them redundant. the job shorter hours, rather than making them redundant. thejob support scheme is built on three principles. first, it will support viable jobs. to make sure of that, employees must

work at least a third of their normal hours and be paid for that work as normal by their employer. the government, together with employers, will increase those people's wages, covering two thirds of the pay they have lost by reducing their working hours. and the employee will keep theirjob. secondly, we will target some poor at firms who need it the most. small and medium—sized businesses are all eligible. larger businesses only when their turnover has fallen through the crisis. third, it will be open to employers across the united kingdom, even if they have not previously used the furlough scheme. the scheme was run for six months, starting in november. employers retaining furloughed staff on shorter hours can claim both the job support scheme and the jobs

retention bonus. mr speaker, throughout this crisis we have sought parity between employees and the self—employed. providing more than £13 billion of support to over 2.6 million self—employed small businesses. so i am extending the existing self—employed grant on summer terms and conditions as the newjob support summer terms and conditions as the new job support scheme. summer terms and conditions as the newjob support scheme. these are radical interventions in the uk labour market. policies we have never tried in this country before. together with the jobs retention bonus, the kick—start scheme for young people, tens of billions of pounds ofjob young people, tens of billions of pounds of job creation young people, tens of billions of pounds ofjob creation schemes, new investment in training and apprenticeships, we are protecting millions ofjobs and businesses. mr speaker, if we want to protectjobs this winter, the second major

challenge is helping businesses with cash flow. over the last six months, we have supported business with tens of billions of pounds of tax deferral is and generous afferent backed loans. those policies have been a lifeline. but right now businesses need every extra lb to protect jobs rather than repaying loa ns protect jobs rather than repaying loans and tax deferral. —— government backed loans. i am taking further steps to make that happen. first, bounce back loans have given over a million small businesses a £38 billion boost survive this pandemic. to give those businesses more time and greater plex ability to repay their loans, we are introducing pay—as—you—go. this means introducing pay—as—you—go. this m ea ns loa ns introducing pay—as—you—go. this means loans can now be extended from six to ten years, nearly halving the

average monthly repayment. businesses who are struggling can now choose to make interest only payments, and anyone in real trouble can apply to suspend repayments altogether for can apply to suspend repayments altogetherfor up to can apply to suspend repayments altogether for up to six months. no business taking up pay—as—you—go will see their credit rating affected as a result. second, i am also changing the terms of our other loa n also changing the terms of our other loan schemes. more than 60,000 small and medium—sized businesses have now taken out coronavirus business interruption loans. to help them, i plan to extend the government guarantee on these loans for up to ten years, making it easier for lenders to give more people more time to repay. i am also extending the deadline of all our loan schemes to the end of this year. we are starting work on a new successor loa n starting work on a new successor loan guarantee programme set to begin in january. loan guarantee programme set to begin injanuary. third, iwant to give businesses more time and plex

ability over their deferred tax bills. nearly half a million businesses deferred more than £30 billion of vat this year. on current plans, those payments fall due in march. instead, iwillallow businesses to spread that vat bill over 11 smaller repayments with no interest to pay. and any of the millions of self—assessed income taxpayers who need extra help can also now extend their outstanding tax bill over 12 months from next january. the final step i am taking today will support two of the most affected sectors. hospitality and tourism. on current plans, there vat rates will increase from 5% back to the standard rate of 20% onjanuary

the standard rate of 20% onjanuary the 13th. so, to support more than 150,000 businesses and help protect 2.4 millionjobs 150,000 businesses and help protect 2.4 million jobs through the winter, iam announcing 2.4 million jobs through the winter, i am announcing today that we are cancelling a planned increase and will keep the lower 5% vat rate until march the 31st year. —— next year. today's measures mark an important involution in our approach. our lives can no longer be put on hold. since may, we have taken put on hold. since may, we have ta ke n ste ps put on hold. since may, we have ta ken steps to put on hold. since may, we have taken steps to liberate our economy and society. we did these things because life means more than simply existing. we find meaning and hope through ourfriends existing. we find meaning and hope through our friends and family, through our friends and family, through our friends and family, through our work and our community. people were not wrong for wanting that meaning, for striving towards normality, and all was the government wrong to want this for them. i said in the summer that we

must endure and live with the uncertainty of the moment. this means learning our new limits as we go. because the truth is the responsibility for defeating coronavirus cannot be held by government alone. it is a collective responsibility, shared by all. because the cost is paid by all. we have so often spoken about this virus in terms of lives lost. but the price our country is paying is wider than that. the government has done much to mitigate the effects of these are full trade—offs between health, education and employment. and as we think about the next few weeks and months, we need to bear all of those costs in mind. as such, it would be dishonest to say there is now some risk—free solution. or that we can mandate behaviour to

such an extent we lose any sense of personal responsibility. what was true at the beginning of this crisis remains true now. it is on all of us, and we must learn to live with it and live without fear. i commend this statement to the house.” recognise the importance of this statement, and quite rightly, you need a little more time, and just to show that, but the spokesperson will also have some extra time. i would like to thank the chancellor for his statement and for advised sight of this announcement. i have called for the introduction of a system of targeted weight support 40 times. that call has been rebuffed by this government 20 times. it is a relief

this government have you turned now. but we must be open and honest. —— u turn to. that delay in introducing this new scheme will have impacted on businesses' confidenc. i know that from talking to them and i'm sure members on the opposite benches know that from talking to businesses in their constituencies. the deadline identity consultations by large firms, before the end of the furlough scheme, and went last week without a word from this government. if the package of measures announced today can help people keep their jobs and can help businesses through ha rd jobs and can help businesses through hard times, labour will of course support it. there is much in their statement that we do support. as i said, we have repeatedly called for

a system of targeted wage support. we have repeatedly called for help for indebted cash—strapped businesses over and over again. we must ensure these measures are as effective as possible at keeping workers in employment, getting unemployed people back into work and keeping viable businesses in operation. as with many previous announcements by this government, we must wait for the detail to be revealed, presumably following the press co nfe re nce revealed, presumably following the press conference scheduled for later today. workers and businesses are hanging on the chancellor's every word. they need to know what is promised. can the chancellor be clear, will this scheme of weight support actually keep more people in work? because for that to happen, the scheme must make it more attractive for employers to retain more staff on reduced hours than to retain some full time i'd make

others redundant. does his scheme actually incentivise short hours working. what conditions, if any, will be applied to ensure value for public money? will the scheme require commitments for continuing employment, unlike the existing solo scheme where there have been abuses? willair scheme where there have been abuses? will air require those participating to provide decent sustainable work? will the scheme incentivise training and retraining? the german scheme does, and labour has called for a uk vision to include incentive to make. that is missing here. while we welcome many of the elements that chancellor has announced, the lack of action on training and skills is worrying. i was waiting for the chancellor to talk about training. he mentioned the word once in passing, that is not enough. his government has already allocated funding fora government has already allocated funding for a national skills strategy, but it is not being

delivered on the ground. when will the chancellor get serious about training? so people can be ready for thejobs of training? so people can be ready for the jobs of the future? he mentioned that our economy is training! changing, let's make sure our population is ready for that change. labour has called repeatedly for continued targeted support for self—employed. i am pleased that is referred to. where these measures avoid the gaps in coverage that have bedevilled existing schemes? and why is there no 4—way plan for the needs of those who are extremely clinically vulnerable to this disease? will the government do more to demand their colleagues and get a grip on the health crisis, because our country is suffering from a double tragedy. the highest excess death rate in europe and the deepest recession in the g7. labour supports the government in its announcement of additional restrictions this week. the government's messaging has

been confused enough already, the last thing we want is to add to that confusion. but we are concerned that these restrictions have only been necessary because of continuing problems with test and trace and isolate. the chancellor referred to money put into test and trace and isolate. as i said, enormous sums have been devoted to that task but they are not delivering the system that we need. we are still not at this stage of many other countries, the chancellor must work on this as well as his other colleagues in government. finally, before the summer recess, labour called for a back to work budget, focused on jobs, jobs, jobs. we did not get one. we expected a budget this autumn, but it appears again we are not getting one, and that is despite the challenges this poses for devolved governments and despite the

government is actually referred to provisions any future finance bill as necessary for its approach to brexit. the chancellor only analyses would make a statement to parliament today after i had called for him to come here with an urgent question, andi come here with an urgent question, and i am grateful to the speakerfor granting that. this government has lacked behind on groovy, it has lagged behind on weight support, it has lagged behind on support for those having to self—isolate. it is lagging behind on green investment, and for these and other reasons it looks like our recovery will be lagging behind that of many other countries. when will the chancellor provide the back to work budget this country needs? thank you, mr speaker, i don't like the honourable member opposite for her comments. on the question of continued support.

—— andi the question of continued support. —— and i thank the honourable member. if no other reason that she has chiefly asked for something similar, but her position on this matter has been somewhat changeable. at different points and the last few weeks and months, she has said that furlough should not go on forever and then changed her mind and said we should extend it. then she changed her mind and said it should be replaced, then early yesterday the leader of the opposition said it should be extended again. that is not the kind of certainty that british businesses are british workers need. but to address the specific questions, this scheme absolutely does incentivise short a time working. the company will pay its workers for the tide that they are in work and the government and employerjointly will are in work and the government and employer jointly will subsidise the time that the worker is not working. the conditions will be set out in guidance which will be published shortly, and then over the next few weeks the further details will be worked through with businesses and

unions as we did with the furlough scheme. in terms of conditionality, i reassure her the new scheme does indeed have the conditionality that is appropriate for this stage of our response. notably this scheme will only be available for larger companies who are seeing an actual decline in their revenues as a result of coronavirus. ensuring that our supporters targeted where it is most needed. similarly, there will be restrictions on larger companies in terms of capital distributions, shareholders, whilst they are in receipt of money for their workers on this scheme, and indeed the above not be able to make redundancy notices to those workers who are on this scheme throughout its duration. on training, i would say we have increased training, both for post—16 at the budget and indeed in the recent plan for jobs at the budget and indeed in the recent plan forjobs providing increased access for school leavers

to access level two qualifications across—the—board to access level two qualifications across—the—boa rd and notably to access level two qualifications across—the—board and notably one of the hallmarks for our skill system is our successful apprenticeship programme, at what we announced in july was a significant increase in the incentive payment to businesses for taking on a new apprentice. £2000 cash incentive, to businesses to ta ke £2000 cash incentive, to businesses to take on an apprentice and provide that valuable in work training that we know make such a difference to young people's futures. we are committed to providing especially our young people with the opportunities that they need to succeed in the future. she talked aboutjobs. july we succeed in the future. she talked about jobs. july we outlined succeed in the future. she talked aboutjobs. july we outlined a £30 billion plan for jobs, aboutjobs. july we outlined a £30 billion plan forjobs, to support, create and protect jobs billion plan forjobs, to support, create and protectjobs across every pa rt create and protectjobs across every part of our united kingdom. chief among the initiatives was the kick—start scheme where right now employers, small, medium and large, are rushing to retain applications

to ta ke are rushing to retain applications to take on a young kick starter to start later this autumn and provide them with the opportunities that they need at an incredibly difficult time. ican they need at an incredibly difficult time. i can assure their sales and the country my number one economic priority is to protect people's jobs. that is what this government will continue to do. in conclusion, the opposition wanted the furlough extended, but they never said for how long. then they wanted their furlough replaced but did not say what with. then they wanted furlough targeted but would not say to whom. ido targeted but would not say to whom. i do stand ready to work with the honourable member opposite if she knew exactly what she wanted. today the government stands with the british people and british business. with the cbi, british chambers of commerce, trade union congress in

bringing much—needed support to the economy. yesterday the leader of the opposition called for a plan b for the economy. the party opposite do not even have a plan a. heading to the chair of the select committee in the chair of the select committee in the south—west, please. the chair of the select committee in the south-west, please. thank you. the devil will be ndt, but from what i have heard in this statement, can i broadly and warmly welcome it? i am encouraged by the drop support scheme, the fact it is targeted which is something that i admire committee have been calling for for some time, encouraged by the announcement on loans. the pay—as—you—go scheme particularly, to help small and medium—size business enterprises and i encourage that the self—employed will have the scheme extended. my right honourable friend well no doubt there was very

considerable concern under the existing arrangements that many self—employed people fell through the gaps of the support provided, and could my right honourable friend say something about whether some of those gaps that have occurred in the past will be ameliorated or ironed out as a consequence of the new measures? would he meet me in fairly short order to discuss the options that might be available?” short order to discuss the options that might be available? i thank my right honourable friend for his comments and i'm sure he will see much of what we have announced today, some of that thinking in his latest support —— report, i thank him for all the input provided in helping us think about the next phase of our economic response. he is right, this package focuses on employment and supporting businesses with their cash flow. regarding the self—employed, i am glad he welcomes the extension, this is something that virtually no other country in the world has done and it comes on

top of the most generous support to our self—employed out of almost any country throughout their response to this crisis. and especially i will be happy to meet with him i don't know he will be pleased to learn that the measure today to defer income tax self—assessment will be of particular importance to our self—employed small businesses. of particular importance to our self-employed small businesses. we are glad they chose that has accepted the need to extend support but he has come in very late in the day to do this. it is little comfort to those who have already lost their jobs due to the impending ending of the furlough scheme. trade unions, treasury select committee, people across the country have been pleading with him for months, and it feels like it is only the latest bike that has punted as action today. coronavirus is not done with us yet. the furlough scheme has saved jobs, kept people paying their bills and mortgages, and it has been incredibly important. it is a shame that he is ending it at the end of

next month. hospitality, travel and tourism, aviation, culture, a host of others cannot go back to normal work because the government has placed the strictures on their businesses. those jobs and businesses. those jobs and businesses are viable at it is not for him to decide the viability of businesses. ending this scheme puts it in 1000 scottishjobs businesses. ending this scheme puts it in 1000 scottish jobs at risk. his measures in the pay—as—you—go scheme recognise that many businesses have deferred payments and have mounting debt. the problem for many is no income deferred by income lost completely. will he go further and convert those loans to gra nts further and convert those loans to grants and equity to give companies a bit more certainty about their future? we welcome the hospitality and tourism fight —— vat cut, but will he assess it and consider keeping it per minute to help businesses pick up through an approved business next summer? there is nothing here whatsoeverfor those that have been excluded from

existing support schemes. the freelancers, paye, women in maternity and all those who have not ip maternity and all those who have not 1p piece from this government for six months. he cannot say this is not a problem though he refuses to meet with them. how dare she say that these 3 million people should be left high and dry with nothing? well he plays further provisions to prevent unscrupulous employers exploiting, and will he support my colleague's bill to prevent the exportation? the chancellor did not have the courtesy to lift the phone to the cabinet secretary for finance in the scottish government or her cou nterpa rts in the scottish government or her counterparts in wales and northern ireland to let them know that he plans to scrap the autumn budget. they found out on twitter. that is not the first time this government has had a lack of respect for the devolved institutions because this happened last year. does he

appreciate the very difficult situation he has created by theirs? and with no access to the fiscal levers and no clarity on the funding settlement, he has tried both our hands behind his back? what does he intend to do about that? to the honourable lady's questions, i think she has continued to ask for an extension of the micro—tea scheme, but fundamentally i do not believe that would be the right thing to do. at this stage, it is better our supporters targeted and focused on supporting viable jobs in supporters targeted and focused on supporting viablejobs in our economy. that means a new approach. extending the furlough and allowing people to be at home full—time is not the right approach at this phase of the economic crisis, and our new scheme will ensure we do provide support to those who need it the most and protect as many viable jobs as possible in many of the industries she mentions. she asked about conditions, i agree there should be conditions or larger

companies accessing support from the government for wage protection, there will be conditions both on capital redistribution, also on the ability to provide redundancy notices to employees whilst they are on the scheme. and indeed in the first place limiting the eligibility for large companies to those that are most in need. with regard to dialogue with the scottish government, the chief secretary speaks regularly with his counterparts, which he is doing shortly, but with budgets there is a well worked a process for how devolved nation budgets are set, there is no requirement for uk budgets to be done beforehand and that was not the case earlier this spring. we will have ob are forecast they come later this autumn, i don they come later this autumn, i don the basis of them the normal work will be done with our counterparts in devolved authorities to make sure they can set the budgets that they need. over 900,000 scottish jobs

have been protected as a result of the uk government's furlough scheme during the worst of this crisis. that has ensured over the last six months that scottish families have continued, hundreds of thousands continued, hundreds of thousands continue to maintain a regular income. i welcome the further support announced by the uk government today. could he outline how these uk government measures will benefit communities, businesses, individuals and families across scotland as we enter this next difficult phase in our fight against coronavirus?” next difficult phase in our fight against coronavirus? i am grateful to my honourable friend for his question and i very much also grateful for the conversations he has had with me and the prime minister and the importance of supporting every part of our united kingdom as we go through this economic crisis and drive our recovery forward. that is something that this government below was taken very seriously and he has been very helpful and played a valuable role

in ensuring the measures we have put in place today will benefit companies and workers in every signal part of our united kingdom. large parts of the north including my constituency are under extra restrictions but are not being given additional support from the treasury, whether for our local authorities are businesses. if this government's levelling up agenda is to mean anything, this must be urgently addressed. today's statement is a significant change of direction from whatever it takes, so what extra measures will the chancellor provide to constituencies like mine to ensure we are not levelled down as a result of this pandemic? there is support in place through the nhs for local authorities, or any response in areas of heightened restrictions, whether for areas of heightened restrictions, whetherfor community areas of heightened restrictions, whether for community information, enhanced testing and lately we outlined self isolation incentive payments of up to £500, and also a

business grant support scheme for businesses that have been ordered to close. we remain committed to levelling up and every part of our country as outlined in our ambitious plans to invest in infrastructure in every pa rt plans to invest in infrastructure in every part of our country. the eat out to help out scheme was a massive success in ashfield, 53,000 meals served. the scheme saved thousands ofjobs and kept hundreds of businesses open. but my wife is not happy with the chancellor because i put a stone on any weight which meant i needed bigger close. the owner of the junction bar addressed one is happy, he tells me that without the chancellor's support his pa rt without the chancellor's support his part would have closed and his staff, who are likely firmly, would have lost their jobs. staff, who are likely firmly, would have lost theirjobs. can i pass on my thanks to the chancellor from every single pub and hospitality business in ashfield for extending the 5% vat cut until next march? they will be very happy with this

great news. i thank him, and i am glad our initiatives have made such a difference on the ground to people in his constituency, protecting jobs, as i'm sure they have elsewhere. i hope i can come and visit with him the puppy speaks of in the near future and i wish them every support through the next you months and hope the measures we have put in place that they will continue to ensure they can thrive in the future. i have called for targeted support for the aviation sector for a number of times, this is a vital sector. in my constituency, easyjet, tui, have all been forced into making redundancies due to the lack of government support. can the chancellor explain why the government waited until a week after the deadline passed for a consultation large redundancies caused by the end of coronavirus job protection scheme to enhance its

replacement? our response will continue to evolve as the circumstances demand. with respect to aviation, i have every sympathy for firms to aviation, i have every sympathy forfirms in to aviation, i have every sympathy for firms in that sector, the measures we have put in place of painta measures we have put in place of paint a significant difference to businesses in that sector and we have managed larger loan schemes to provide liquidity at a difficult time andi provide liquidity at a difficult time and i know many businesses in the aerospace supply chain have welcomed the part—time job support scheme we have announced today as it will be suited for their manufacturing businesses.” will be suited for their manufacturing businesses. i welcome the chance's statements. his stamp duty holiday which is due to expire on the 31st of march has been successful in stimulating an important of the uk economy. what plans does he have for further housing initiatives which will not only generate business activity but,

if properly focus, can alleviate poverty and promote social mobility? i thank poverty and promote social mobility? ithank him, poverty and promote social mobility? i thank him, he is right, the stamp duty cut is driving activity within the housing markets, helping to protect jobs within that sector. the housing markets, helping to protectjobs within that sector. i would point to our green homes grant which will provide to households with a grant of up to £5,000 to subsidise initiatives to improve the insulation and energy efficiency of their homes. there will be larger gra nts their homes. there will be larger grants available for those households most in need, as determined by local authorities, helping them not only to save on carbon emissions but also up to £300 a year on their energy bills. we talk about the green industrial revolution and the chancellor talks aboutjob protection, revolution and the chancellor talks about job protection, but revolution and the chancellor talks aboutjob protection, but this week, scottish arts missed out on contracts for an offshore wind project. so in terms ofjob

creation, will consider the scottish government's plea for a stimulus while confirming the national infrastructure strategy which will crucially enable us to look at how the process works and incense of the uses of uk supply chains? the honourable member is absolutely right about the importance of offshore wind to our economy, it is something we have a global and strategic competitive advantage in, discovered government willjust strategic competitive advantage in, discovered government will just for sector. i am always open to new ideas on how to do that but we must make sure we double down on our advantage and drive jobs make sure we double down on our advantage and drivejobs in every pa rt advantage and drivejobs in every part of our country, notjust scotland, but for north east, where we have considerable advantages over other countries, notjust we have considerable advantages over other countries, not just in providing energy but imitate manufacturing more of the content that goes into our turbines.” manufacturing more of the content that goes into our turbines. i thank the right honourable friend for his

statement. when he agreed that as the coronavirus is now threatening our recovery, it is right that we look at the problem is that businesses are facing right now. support for viable businesses and viable jobs through a time of repressed demand is exactly what the newjob support repressed demand is exactly what the new job support scheme repressed demand is exactly what the newjob support scheme delivers. repressed demand is exactly what the new job support scheme delivers. my honourable friend is absolutely right and he knows all too well what the businesses in his constituency at need and what they need is support to get through this period is of repressed demand, need our support to protect us viable jobs to get to the other side and that is exactly what the scheme will deliver. it is right that the income support schemes to evolve, this will bea support schemes to evolve, this will be a lifeline to many people in northern ireland. the chancellor has talked about the need for creativity and innovation, but that two caps

and innovation, but that two caps and the announcements. the first as those excluded and the second for those excluded and the second for those companies where even paint a third of waiters is not a viable option at this time, but they do have sustainable futures. —— paying a third of wages is not a viable option. in terms of arts and creative industries we provided funding to support institutions in every pa rt funding to support institutions in every part of the united kingdom but it is important now that support is focused on those companies that can provide a viable jobs with a genuinely secure future for their employees. the scheme is very similarto employees. the scheme is very similar to those around the world and get that balance right, being generous will support but making sure it is targeted. can i thank my right honourable friend for listening to members of this house on our concerns about small businesses and the self—employed, i think engaging with us. in my

constituency, we have 4000 people have already benefited from the government's self—employed income support scheme. may i therefore welcome today's announcement that we are going to continue that support for the self—employed through a further extension in the grant and continuing our unprecedented support for the employed and self—employed. may i invite my right honourable friend to my constituency to see all the good work he has gone through his schemes. i am very happy to take up my his schemes. i am very happy to take up my honourable friend on her invitation and she is right to highlight the very comprehensive support we have put in place for the self—employed and again, convert almost any country anywhere in the world, it is more compressive, generous and has lasted far longer than one can find elsewhere. christine jardine.

n0 sound no sound we seem to have some trouble hearing from christine jardine. will move on and try to sort out what is wrong with the sound. throughout this crisis, this is a chancellor who has moved with speed and determination to protect jobs moved with speed and determination to protectjobs and family incomes. i welcome his comments today about targeting job support on viable companies with viable jobs. implicit in that, though, is a recognition that, sadly, unemployment will continue to increase, so can i ask the chancellor to say a bit more about the importance of the social security safety net at this time and to reaffirm the importance of the increase we made right at the start of this crisis to universal credit and say there is no intention on the pa rt and say there is no intention on the part of the government to withdraw

that. my right honourable friend knows better than most what a difference our welfare system and the dwp can make on the grounds. i know willjoin me in welcoming the increase on universal credit we have put in this year but also our further increases in generosity to local housing allowance and the provision of hardship funds to those struggling to pay council tax bills in some local authorities, that represents a significant amount of support for the most vulnerable in our society, a point that was borne out in the analysis we published this summer which showed it was those most vulnerable who benefited the most from this support. studio: rishi sunak taking part in a question from a number of mps across the commons and he hasjust announced the replacement to the furlough scheme, it is less generous

than the furlough scheme but the chancellor says this is an acute crisis and that they can only help and support viable jobs, they can't protect every job, as and support viable jobs, they can't protect everyjob, as he has said before. the shadow chancellor annalise dodds criticised the government for the delay in bringing this and determine she said it would do to business confidence and potential losses ahead to. boris johnson has spoken about the government's new financial measures to supportjobs government's new financial measures to support jobs and government's new financial measures to supportjobs and economy, this is what he said a short time ago. the chancellor is being realistic with people about the prospects of the economy. things will be tough, what you're saying to people who do the right thing, who self—isolate, when they are contacted by nhs test and trace, they will get support, there's £500 to support them, but also a £10,000 fine, potentially, if

you don't comply. and it's absolutely vital that we all work together to get the r down, get the fore st together to get the r down, get the forest back under control and simultaneously allow education and economy to continue. that is the best thing for a growth in this country. going to our correspondence, we heard from the chancellor, more detail expected and there has been a mixed response, broadly welcomes but criticism from other parties? there was a lot of talk about what the chancellor would replace the furlough scheme with, that has effectively paid people to stay at home but it has come as a consequence of ported jobs and it will come to an end at the end of this month. what the chancellor now do is to replace it with something whereby, if workers have their wages reduced, the government will help people top up their wages and there

was ina people top up their wages and there was in a style meant about extension for loan support schemes and amount of time they can take to pay it back. also an extension to the reduction in vat to help certain sectors as well. that is the package of measures but in terms of the town, what we did hear from the chancellor is that we effectively can't extend the schemes we have had to are going to have to live with the virus and there for a limit to the virus and there for a limit to the extensions we can make, and therefore, somejobs the extensions we can make, and therefore, some jobs will have to go. had talked about protecting viablejob go. had talked about protecting viable job but was clear he couldn't save every business. we are still in for tough times ahead. i am joined by stewart hosie of the snp. firstly, do you think this goes far enough? no. there are aspects, as you said, the protection of the vat reduction and the deferral of the payment for loans and tax bills is welcomed, but the fact there wasn't a cliff edge with the end of furlough is of course to be

welcomed, but the new scheme is a far less generous and i do suspect, because businesses are struggling with lock dance mat, with the other restrictions placed on them, i feel this is going to a substantial increase in personal indebtedness, household indebtedness and the loss of manyjobs. household indebtedness and the loss of many jobs. the argument from the chancellor is the cost of those further schemes can't be sustained forever. i thinking this virus might bea forever. i thinking this virus might be a short, sharp shock, but there is now a realisation it will be around for some time, so they have to limit what support they can give to limit what support they can give to those jobs which will be viable, is that reasonable? to some extent, but in the run, the travel industry, for example, will of course be viable but it can't be when the uk government and other governments are placing restrictions on travel. in those circumstances, it's encumbrance on the government to top up encumbrance on the government to top up and ensure the jobs are maintained. it's not for the uk

government, but they are making the restrictions and making it an viable to say we are no longer prepared to support it, even on a much reduced level compared to the furlough scheme. the centre point of this was the idea that the government would help top up the wages of those who have to work fewer hours. that will savejobs, have to work fewer hours. that will save jobs, won't have to work fewer hours. that will savejobs, won't it? have to work fewer hours. that will save jobs, won't it? is certainly well, and that is to be welcomed as faras it well, and that is to be welcomed as far as it goes, but people do need to be employed for a substantial numberof to be employed for a substantial number of hours to be employed for a substantial numberof hoursa to be employed for a substantial number of hours a week, and people may be expecting businesses to pay a farlarger may be expecting businesses to pay a far larger share of those salaries than they previously had to, that's a problem. and that's only for people who are employed, they excluded 3 million self—employed are effectively left as they were. the chancellor talked up the support for the self—employed there has been it but all needs to do is look on social media to find many self—employed contractors and freelancers have really struggled so

farandl freelancers have really struggled so farand i can freelancers have really struggled so far and i can see very little interest that will help them. the chance saying he was looking at something comparable for the self—employed as they are now offering through the job support scheme and are also loans for businesses and flexibility at the time they can take to pay that back. is it just time they can take to pay that back. is itjust a case that, because of the devastating economic impact of this unexpected pandemic, we had to be real about the fact that this will be tough? it will be tough and long, so what the government should be doing is mitigating as much of the damage as it can. it probably hasn't done that for the self—employed and we know that because the budget proper has been cancelled, the devolved administration to provide much of the support can't budget properly for next year either. so there are missed opportunities in this, some of it is good and some is welcome, but this is not as the furlough scheme was before and there are other issues left unaddressed..

thank you very much, a mixed reaction there, some very welcome but in the next few days, people will be poring over the detail, seeing who will exactly be helped. at this pandemic is still unpredictable but i think overall, what the government is stressing is that we have to find ways to live with it because the virus isn't going anywhere anytime soon. thank you. rishi sunak said the chancellor has set out new measures to protec millions ofjobs and the economy over the winter. rishi sunak said he understood that people are feeling anxious, afraid and exhausted, but insisted there are reasons to be optimistic. he said a newjob support scheme lasting six months would see the government directly support the wages of people in viable jobs working at least a third of their normal hours.

government will cover a third of workers lost pay, with the employer making up the other third. targeted at firms that need help the most, mrsunak has announced a "pay as you grow" scheme to allow firms to repay bounce back loans over a period of up to 10 years. the chancellor said he would keep vat at 5% for hospitality and tourism until march 312021. for labour, the shadow chancellor said the government's response was too slow to help businesses and employees struggling with the coronavirus crisis, saying many people had already lost theirjobs. borisjohnson has spoken more about the need for financial measures to supportjobs the need for financial measures to support jobs and economy, the need for financial measures to supportjobs and economy, this is what he said a short while ago. uk what he said a short while ago. uk what the chancellor is saying today, we are continuing to do everything we are continuing to do everything we can to support jobs throughout the crisis and again, some very creative and imaginative proposals from the chancellor. but here, the really important thing is that everybody follows the guidance that

we've set out and that's why i'm here today in northamptonshire talking to the police about what they're doing it to underpinning, to support the enforcement of those rules. it's absolutely vital. i know that people think, it's a great package of new rules to depress the virus, but will it be enforced? my messages, yes, it will be and there will be serious fines for people that don't comply. but how does the promise that nobody will be penalised for doing the right things square with the fact that, today, your chancellor is pulling a life support from a large number ofjobs which aren't viable because of coronavirus? you're on course for large numbers of job coronavirus? you're on course for large numbers ofjob losses, what you say to the people about to lose their jobs, you say to the people about to lose theirjobs, and you say to the people about to lose their jobs, and where you say to the people about to lose theirjobs, and where would they get new ones? the chancellor has been totally realistic with people about the prospects of the economy. things will be tough, what we're saying to

people who do the right thing, as you put it, his self—isolates when contacted by nhs test and trace, they will get support. as you know, there is £500 to support them, but also a £10,000 fine, potentially, if you don't comply. it's absolutely vital that we all work together now to get to the r down, get the virus back under control, and simultaneously allow education and the economy to continue. that is the best thing forjobs and growth in this country. today is one of the biggest days for the government, ta ke biggest days for the government, take your chancellor is having to start to give out the bad news. are you with him on the green benches, taking responsibility for the most important decision to come from will ever have to take? i fully support the package of measures we have jointly drawn up. what i am doing here today is setting out the vital

corollary of those measures. they won't help unless everybody works together. we all work together to drive the virus down. the way we can do that is to follow the guidance, the rule of six, make sure that you self—isolate if you're contacted by nhs test and trace, £500 if you do, £10,000 fine if you don't. £200 fine for not wearing a mask in the right place. a £10,000 fine, potentially, if you organise a group gathering of more than 30. these are very considerable fines and it is important that everybody works together to, as i say, drive the virus down now, stitch in time saves nine, and protect the economy. you launched today the nhs coronavirus

app in england and wales, but why should anybody follow its instructions to self—isolates, when studies at and officials admit it produces one in three false positives and matt hancock saying it is not compulsory? is the crucial thing is for people to follow the guidance and when you are contacted and told you have been in the presence of somebody with coronavirus, we will give you support to help you through the period of self—isolation and you should do that, because that's the best way to stop the spread of the virus and bear in mind there are also fines for people who don't follow the guidance. that is what i'm trying to say today. our police to an amazingjob, i'm trying to say today. our police to an amazing job, i don't want to add extra burdens to them at all. we are increasing the number of police office rs are increasing the number of police officers on the streets of this country by 20,000, a lot of them recruiters here in northamptonshire, where they are doing an outstanding job. what they must do now is help

us to enforce the guidance, help the public to work together to get the rate of reproduction of the virus down, protect education and the economy and save lives. of the app, prime minister, you don't answer about that. it was true to say you don't have to follow the recommendations? that is right. what i'm saying to people who are contacted by nhs test and trace, if you are told you have come into contact with somebody, an indexed case of coronavirus, then you should ta ke case of coronavirus, then you should take the action that they tell you to do. £500 support per week to help you in that period and, of course, i'm afraid — nobody wants to put these finds implies, this is the last thing anyone wants to see in this country, which is a great, freedom—loving country, but we have to work to suppress the virus, allow education

and the economy to continue. that is the balance in this package, it's about working together to drive down the virus now but also keeping education and the economy going. that's what the chancellor is also setting out today. the prime minister speaking earlier. in terms of the follow—up from the rishi sunak statements, annalise dodds said that they welcomed any measures to try and support the economy but we re to try and support the economy but were critical of the delay in this and the impact it out on business confidence and potentialjob losses. they said the uk is facing a double tragedy, the highest excess death rate in europe and the deepest recession and the continuing test and trace problems were very much integral to sorting this out. also criticism from the snp again for very late introduction of this replacement to the furlough scheme. it is, of course, all in the detail,

isa number of it is, of course, all in the detail, is a number of mps have said in response to the sunak statement and terms of trying to figure out exactly how these new measures will operate, but the chancellor saying they could not extend the furlough scheme and have replaced it with something that is effectively less expensive but they hope will help people get through the next six months, as much as possible preserving jobs and protecting the economy. with less than 100 days to go until the brexit transition period ends, there is still no clear sign of a deal between the uk and the eu. even though we left officially injanuary of this year, both sides still need to work out the rules for the new relationship. these rules have to be negotiated and signed off by the eu and uk parliaments by the end of the year. our business correspondent ramzan karmali is spending the day at portsmouth international port. i'm here in a very windy portsmouth. people run this port say the best

connected port say a lot of fruit and vegetables come through here and and vegetables come through here and a lot of the banana suites come through this port. they are worried about what will happen after the 3ist about what will happen after the 31st of december, when the transition period ends, when the brexit negotiations come to a close as well. on top of that, they have a survey out from the british chamber of commerce saying that many businesses aren't ready yet. i am joined by a representative of management consultancy, why are businesses not ready? there been a number of deadlines, this is the fourth deadline coming up, and there has been a bigger economic crisis with covid, so many businesses have been just struggling to survive and manage that crisis. has been a lot of disruption, so supply chains have been massively disrupted during the secondary periods, and workforces have changed rapidly, so people who we re have changed rapidly, so people who were doing brexit planning might not know about the plans. every business

has got to plan for what's going to happen from a january 2021, look at the plans afresh and working with wea knesses the plans afresh and working with weaknesses are. |s the plans afresh and working with weaknesses are. is it too late for these businesses to start preparing? it's never too late, there are just days to go, you have to prepare for the scenario of no deal, but there is advice out there, there is advice on the government website about what kind of communication you to have with your workforce, your supply chain and all the other partners that enable your businesses to survive. it's never too late and our sector consults firms in doing that. who's to blame for days, businesses not being ready, is at the government's fault of the businesses themselves? many firms have made preparations, they were done many months ago with a different economic outlook. things have changed drastically with covid, so supply

chains have changed and any business that had made plans is going to need to update those anyway. small businesses just can't afford to, trying to survive at this point and economic conditions as the number one priority. worse in service on that already. the stockpiles made earlier in the year, firms just don't have the cash reserves to make those stockpiles now, so all the stockpiles have been run down in march and april and head officers are saying, don't start again, we can't afford it. coronavirus is the main talking point in town at the moment. businesses have to focus on that, but also have to content with the furlough scheme ending, what do you hope for government to say to business? government has put a huge package out during this period, and much of that has been very successful in supporting those locked down industries, with the

furlough scheme, many have returned to employment. but many sectors are still locked down, unable to operate. aviation, hospitality, eccentric, and they won't need a continued and sustained level support through this period to get through what may be along the six months. many thanks. i am here in portsmouth all day, talking notjust trade but also travel as well, so please stay tuned. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomas shafernacker. some of us will have to get the thick coats out for tomorrow. it is already pretty cold out there today. we will have downpours, some cracks of thunder, but the real feature will be the strength of the wind along the north sea coast tomorrow. the atlantic, overall, is really starting to awaken with weather systems lining up, and you can see one there and another one close to ireland. this is another weather system here. also gaps in between,

meaning there will be sunshine at times as well. here's the forecast for this evening. temperatures a measly 11 or 12 degrees. still very windy in the southwest here and you can see plenty of showers dotted around. scotland, not too bad. yes, it is quite chilly, a northerly wind there and temperatures barely making double figures, but at least there is a clear evening. that also means it is going to be another really chilly night, and last night temperatures dipped down to minus five degrees. one of the coldest september night in years. tonight, again, chilly with clear skies. you can see temperatures in the lowlands close to freezing. elsewhere, for sure single figures and even colder than that in the countryside. the focus tomorrow, as far as the bad weather is concerned, is along the north sea coast. this blob of rain here, also a lot of isobars, meaning a strong northerly wind. really unpleasant conditions for the northeast in particular, even the coast of aberdeenshire there and down towards east anglia and the southeast.

gusts of wind close to the coast around 60 miles an hour, that is a full—on gale. whereas, towards the west of the country here, it is a different story. the winds will be a lot lighter and there will be more sunshine, so, places like plymouth, cardiff, liverpool, glasgow, fine for you. but newcastle down to norwich and even london, there will be showers, chilly winds and of course, gales along the coasts as well. a bit of a lull in the weather i think on the way for saturday. we are in between weather systems and still a keen breeze blowing out of the north there and we can see those wind arrows screaming out of the north. but the best of the weather will be across the west. all in all, away from the extreme east, i think the weather on saturday isn't looking too bad at all. the temperatures disappointing for the time of year. another thing again to highlight is just how chilly the nights

lasting six months from november. he says it will save valuable jobs. mr speaker, these are radical interventions in the uk labour market — policies we have never tried in this country before. the new measures will replace the furlough scheme, which pays for millions of workers. the chancellor said there had been no harder choice than to end it. labour believes rishi sunak should have acted sooner. unions say the measure will save hundreds of thousands ofjobs. we'll bring you all the latest. also this lunchtime... after months of delay, the nhs covid—19 contact tracing app goes live in england and wales. anyone with a smartphone is being urged to download it.