a top hmrc official has questioned whether the chancellor's measures to help boost the economy over the summer offer value for money. rishi sunak has been defending the measures, saying the bonuses he's announced for companies will protect millions ofjobs — but he admits he can't help everyone. if you're asking me can i protect every single job, of course the answer is no. is unemployment going to rise? are people going to lose theirjobs? yes, and the scale of this is significant. we are entering one of the most severe recessions this country has ever seen. labour says the government measures should be more targetted. we'll have the latest. also this lunchtime: more than 5,000 high street jobs under threat asjohn lewis and boots announce store closures because of the pandemic. taxi drivers, shop workers and cleaners — thousands of people in england whose job puts them at high risk of catching covid—19 are to be tested for the virus. the bbc says it will go ahead with a plan to end free tv licences for most people over the age of 75. the lockdown diet — how the director of bend it like b

the chief executive of hmrc said, while he was prepared to be overruled, he was unable to reach a viewlue for money. meanwhile, newly self—employed mark whittaker is one of hundreds of thousands who full outside most of the government's support programmes. i can't get my head around how the chancellor expects any person, any citizen of this country, to survive on zero income. how is that possible? the worst economic crisis in living memory is hitting hard and fast. little wonder, perhaps, the chancellor feels that speed is more important than precision and he has left the door open for further measures that it seems inevitably will be needed. simon jack, bbc news. let's speak to our political editor laura kuenssberg. despite these huge sums announced by the chancellor yesterday, these latest job losses are a clear the chancellor yesterday, these latestjob losses are a clear sign of what's to come? the numbers are really cranking up, aren't they question our awful news today from the big high street names, proof of why the government felt it had to act and act in a big way, with the cha

actually said to us that he found that hmrc had ended up doing things it didn't think it was capableve been applied to any of the categories that we cited in the report, any of those people who so desperately need help. report, any of those people who so desperately need helplj report, any of those people who so desperately need help. i would say a couple of things, chair. firstly, not all of those reasons were one of administration. some of those were policy decisions deliberately to target support, for example your report talked about the threshold we used a £50,000, so that was a deliberate policy decision. that is not an administrative oversight. when we are giving money to the self employed, we obviously don't know their particular circumstances. the difference is for those who are employed, they are either furloughed or not. for those who are self—employed, they could still be working for all we know, and not in need of support. that was one of the reasons we thought it was appropriate to apply a threshold, and we thought 50,000 was reasonable. it meant that 94% or so of those

on both, he said advice received by hmrc and the treasury "highlights uncertainty around the value forued ministerial direction to say the plans should go ahead saying there was a "compelling case". keith doyle reports. when it comes to staged photo calls, getting the chancellor to serve lunch is among the better ones, although he wasn't quite sure who ordered the katsu curry. is that what you ordered? rishi sunak was highlighting his summer economic plan to prevent post—pandemic mass unemployment. it's costing £30 billion but he told mps it was needed to rebuild the economy after coronavirus. although hardship lies ahead, no—one will be left without hope. so today we act with a plan forjobs. listening to the chancellor's plan forjobs for young people was this owner of a barbershop in cornwall. he says the range of measures announced means he can now recruit. that, for me, is a bit of an inspiration for young people to come forward to us. we are quite happy to take applications from anybody. you know, we are crying out for staff. i could potentially take a couple of young people on. wi

the chief executive of hmrc said, while he was prepared to be overruled, he was...one of hundreds of thousands who fall outside most of the government's support programmes. i can't get my head around how the chancellor expects any person, any citizen of this country, to survive on zero income. how is that possible? the worst economic crisis in living memory is hitting hard and fast. little wonder, perhaps, the chancellor feels that speed is more important than precision, and he has left the door open for further measures that it seems inevitably will be needed. simon jack, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news. police in south korea's capital have found the body of the city's mayor, after he had been reported missing on thursday. a female employee had recently filed a sexual harassment claim against park won—soon, but there is no confirmation that this was a factor in his death. donald trump's former personal attorney is back in federal custody. prison officials say michael cohen had ‘refused the conditions of his home confinement‘ and was returned to a p

the chief executive of hmrc said, while he was prepared to be overruled, he was...er is one of hundreds of thousands who fall outside most of the government's support programmes. i can't get my head around how the chancellor expects any person, any citizen of this country, to survive on zero income. how is that possible? the worst economic crisis in living memory is hitting hard and fast. little wonder, perhaps, the chancellor feels that speed is more important than precision, and he has left the door open forfurther measures that it seems inevitably will be needed. simon jack, bbc news. and bad employment news in the united states as well — where another 1.3 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week. that's down from the week before and while hiring has picked up in recent weeks, the overall unemployment remains in double—digits. michele fleury has more. what we're seeing is this continuation that, since april, the numbers on a weekly basis of those claiming unemployment benefits has been declining or sort of stabilising, but it is worth noting it is

even the taxman expressed concerns, the chief executive of hmrc said while he was prepared to be overruledt this represents value for money. meanwhile, newly self—employed marc whitaker is one of hundreds of thousands who full outside most of the government support programmes. —— fall outside. i can't get my head around how the chancellor expects any person, any citizen of this country, to survive on zero income. how is that possible? the worst economic crisis in living memory is hitting hard and fast. little wonder, perhaps, the chancellor feels that speed is more important than precision and he has left the door open forfurther measures that it seems inevitably will be needed. simon jack, bbc news. 0ur economics editor laura kuenssberg says the figures are worrying for the government. these numbers are really starting to crank up and for now at least, they're only likely to go in one direction. up the way. we heard today from those big names on the high street, a reminder of where the government felt it had to announce so government felt it had to announce so much spending, as much as 30

can he tell us how many health and safety inspections and hmrc inspections have now taken place in leicester'stories? particularly since the home secretary promised us she would stamp out any illegal exploitation. we note he has rejected the advice of the city mayor of leicester to partially ease restrictions in parts of the city, although he has taken advice from the leader of leicestershire county council to ease restrictions in part of the county. could he explain what the public health evidence is behind that decision? because if the advice is to maintain for example the lockdown in the west of the city, when we know the infection rates are at their highest in the east of the city, why does that not also apply to the neighbourhoods that border the city boundaries? this is one greater urban area. what is the public health reason why someone in one side of gil morton avenue, what is the public health reason why someone is the public health reason why someone living on one side of the avenue is subject to restrictions because they fall under the city council, but they are presumably not allow

wall and is not completely unprecedented but is certainly unusual, is it emerged that the boss at the hmrccord a ministerial direction and that is basically when a senior civil servant goes on the record with the fact that they have doubts about a policy the government wants to pursue. and his point was on the government spreading this money around, he could not be sure the taxpayer basically was going to get their money back. now, it is unusual for this to happen and there is no question about that. but it is very clear the treasury thinks the best thing to do is to act big and to act fast, but labour, in a sort of strange kind of political cross—dressing moment, had this to say about it. 0ur concern is that the action they have taken is not focused on the right places, so the jobs retention bonus is a bonus for alljobs and many of those jobs and many other people would be pulled back in any event. some are really at risk of losing theirjobs, and we say it should be targeted in the areas that are most needed. not across the piece. and the word everyone is using today is dead weight, which

he said it will require more manual handling, and we said investing in some more hmrc staff now wouldber of ways in which changes could be made to the system. for example, there are different ways to assess what people's income is if they have a multitude of different kinds of employment. they have the paye and self—employment but self—employment is less than 50%... you know, this is less than 50%... you know, this isa is less than 50%... you know, this is a complicated area but it is not beyond the weight of man to solve this. if we have to work through some of these problems, then ultimately government should deliver that. but the other big thing that needs to change as our social security system. you know, why are people so concerned when they don't come under one of these schemes? it is because in many cases if they have got just a is because in many cases if they have gotjust a little bit of savings they will be knocked out of receiving universal credit, and of course, universal credit itself is not very valuable at all in terms of covering people's costs. it doesn't covering peo

it will be run by hmrc and they have told us they will be releasing more details for businesses later or cafe. it should be straightforward for those registered, they can just claim the money back from the government, and it will be valid on monday to wednesday all through august. no limit to the number of times customers can use the offer during the period as well. 20 of places serving food though are not eligible so you have got takeaway only places, cannot register, and neither can mobile food vans or hotels that only offer room service. so how likely is this voucher scheme going to actually boost the sector? we spoke to some people who run restau ra nts a nd spoke to some people who run restaurants and customers who may go to them in manchester this weekend to them in manchester this weekend to see what they thought. i really miss mcdonald's and five guys. if theyjust have like a big fat bowl of pastor. i think for me it would be reality. i miss the salty fries! chinese food. better thana salty fries! chinese food. better than a restaurant, for sure. as venues slowly reopen, the m

we know from hmrc dated at 650,000 people have moved off employee payroll is between march and june and total number of hours worked in the economy, that has gone down by nearly 17% in the three months to may compared to the same period last year. from those figures, it is clear the impact the lockdown has had onjobs. really important to think beyond the figures we might normally use given how different the time servers up and the fear is these figures are if anything going to get considerably worse once the fellow scheme ends in october? absolutely and we know that people are losing jobs all the time, we see the announcements from the big companies and we know that companies are struggling particularly in those sectors hardest hit by social distancing measures and by the lockdown.. as the fellow scheme is wound down, that is likely to push morejobs over the edge wound down, that is likely to push more jobs over the edge so it is imparted by the chancellor to think about how better to support those sectors. he announced some measures in the mini budget, but he may find as we come to the

and the boss at hmrc saying, not sure that is value for money.dp. very, very slow and uncertain. as you say, masks, after they confused m essa g es you say, masks, after they confused messages that we had at the weekend from cabinet ministers over masks more confusion actually this morning if you looked in the papers. we had those pictures of two cabinet ministers coming out of the same pret a manger store just a few minutes apart. one wearing a mask, the other not wearing a mask. let's trust wearing a blue mask and michael gove who said at the weekend, leave it up to individuals, he wasn't wearing a mask. so, seemingly are still reluctant to wear a mask. maybe there might be some pick up on the home secretary's statement in the commons on immigration policy when again there was no real help offered to the care industry in terms of a special route for care workers with fears that they may lose out if they cannot attract care workers from the eu, that might be another of the issues from the eu. huawei could get picked up, but not by keir starmer,

a top hmrc official has questioned whether the chancellor's offers value for money and keir starmer sayshe money should be carefully targeted. taxi drivers, shop workers and cleaners, thousands of people in england who put them at high risk of catching covid—i9 are to be tested for the virus in a new pilot. it is confirmed the number of infections has fallen. a further easing of lockdown restrictions in scotland. people will be able to visit other households indoors on larger groups will be able to meet outside over the coming days. the lockdown died, how the director of bend it like beckham lost weight to stop her children worrying during the pandemic. bring your propensity to diabetes down and obesity down, just enjoyed better food. hello and welcome to the special programme from bbc news. in a few minutes we will go to a live downing street briefing, which will be given by the secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, oliver dowden. at first, a day after the chancellor unveiled a plan to stem job losses because of the coronavirus pandemic, two of the biggest high stree