hmrc will do that _ will find some redress, and we hope that hmrc will do that voluntarily, l that hmrcut we waited to see what they are going to do. and _ but we waited to see what they are going to do, and they— but we waited to see what they are going to do, and they may- but we waited to see what they are going to do, and they may still- going to do, and they may still appeal— going to do, and they may still appeal this _ going to do, and they may still appeal this case, _ going to do, and they may still appeal this case, of— going to do, and they may still appeal this case, of course. i going to do, and they may still. appeal this case, of course. hora; appeal this case, of course. how would somebody _ appeal this case, of course. would somebody know if they appeal this case, of course.- would somebody know if they had appeal this case, of course— would somebody know if they had been caught in the same way? presumably there are others who might have just paid up when they got the demand. many tens of thousands of people will have — many tens of thousands of people will have done _

according to the held of hmrc, without any legal basis or justification, prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i'm acutely aware. i think the all colleagues are around or the house, of the pain suffered by those for victims of the charged schemes, and they were misguided to do so, but i think that the line taken by the treasury, i'm afraid, is right. >> let's go to john stevenson. . >> thank you, mr. speaker. prime minister, there's more that unites us than divides us is very true of the united kingdom. however, improved connectivity is vital to insure we remain united. the government has suggested some improvements. is this really going to happen, improvements must be made to a-75 and the extension of the borders railway. does the prime minister support such investment, and what is the time small for such investment? >> i thank hi if honorable friend friend for his excellent question, i think he should not have too long to wait for the final recommendation about the a-75 and other great features of union connectivity which this government helps to support. but we've already agreed 5

we now know that according to hmrc, for the first time, the number of people on furlough has dropped still around to million word workers that remain on the furlough scheme and this is a really critical time, as you have laid out. we have the next two big faces coming that will ultimately lead to the end of the furlough scheme in september and i guess what the data does say is the difference is at play across the economy, and that is true, if you split the economy up into different sectors. so the latest data shows that some sectors are struggling to reopen, they are still around half of all staff in passenger transport and travel agencies still on furlough, and if you look at different parts of the country, it is true. so as the crisis has evolved, london has very much become the focus of the furlough concentrations, so of all of the local authorities, concentrations, so of all of the localauthorities, nine concentrations, so of all of the local authorities, nine of the ten local authorities, nine of the ten local authorities, nine of the ten local authorities with the highs furloug

we have had some latest figures out from hmrc which says 1.2 | figures out from hmrc which says 1.2 millionin 2.1 million, but the highest uptake of businesses using the furlough scheme was in london, eight out of ten businesses, so lots of people on furlough and we just have to see how this will work, how it will impact on not only staff but business as well as the furlough scheme starts to get wound down. 0ne scheme starts to get wound down. one person we can speak to shortly is our kathleen hanrahan from the resolution foundation. you have a stark warning about older workers in terms of how coming a furlough will impact on them. $55 terms of how coming a furlough will impact on them-— impact on them. as you have said, while the numbers _ impact on them. as you have said, while the numbers are _ impact on them. as you have said, while the numbers are still - impact on them. as you have said, while the numbers are still about l while the numbers are still about 2.4 million, they have dropped substantially and while it has been -ood substantially and while it has been good news for everyone

it is now includes things like refuse collection, people that work in hmrc in the tax office and people are covered by it. and it is quite a labour intensive thing, the way it is being done at the moment it is daily tests with lateral flow so the little sticks we do when we are at home and they have to be supervised bay the regulator say they can only be used for that purpose if you are administered by a train professional. it is not like the nhs test that you pick up the pharmacy, which you do yourself. 0k. let pharmacy, which you do yourself. ok. let us talk more about the prime minister, and the chancellor coming out of self—isolation today. after being a close contact of the health secretary and the prime minister's big announcement for today, this crime reduction strategy, already pretty hefty push back, on that announcement. take us through that. so, this is a bunch of operational stuff for the police, the way it was explained to me the government has done lots of legislative stuff about giving the police new powers and there a big bill going through parliament. this is things tha

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it now includes things like refuse collection, people that work in hmrc, in the tax office, and evene thing, because the way it is being done at the moment is it's daily tests with lateral flow, so the little sticks tha, we do when we are at home, and they have to be supervised, because the regulators say those tests can only be used for that purpose if they are administered by a trained professional. it is not like the nhs test that you pick up at the pharmacy which you do yourself. the headlines on bbc news... more medaljoy for team gb at the olympics — as tom dean and duncan scott pick up a historic gold and silver in the men's 200 metres freestyle, and georgia taylor—brown wins silver in the women's triathlon there's a shock defeat for the hosts, as japan's naomi osaka who lit the olympic torch at the opening ceremony is knocked out of the tennis in the third round. as uk prime minister borisjohson leaves self—isolation, it's anounced workers in england including refuse collectors and prison staff will be allowed to take daily tests if they're identified as a close contact of a p