this is bbc news. the headlines — the chancellor announces half a billion pounds to help get people back to work after the pandemic, amid concerns over living standards. rishi sunak says he will consider cutting taxes when the economy is back on track. i have to be blunt with you, our recovery comes with a cost. our national debt is almost a 100% of gdp, so we need to fix our public finances. more revelations from the leaked pandora papers say a second prominent donor to the conservative party was involved in one of europe's biggest corruption scandals. a serving metropolitan police officer appears in court charged with rape.