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| UK coronavirus live: Sunak to set out jobs plan and stamp duty holiday | UK coronavirus live: Sunak to set out jobs plan and stamp duty holiday |
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| Follow live updates on the latest on the coronavirus crisis in the UK and chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer statement | Follow live updates on the latest on the coronavirus crisis in the UK and chancellor Rishi Sunak’s summer statement |
| The online fashion retailer Boohoo has announced it will launch an independent review of its UK supply chain after recent allegations that some factories in Leicester that sell clothes to Boohoo pay workers below the minimum wage and failed to protect them from coronavirus. | |
| Boohoo, which owns brands including Pretty Little Thing and Nasty Gal, said the review will be led by Alison Levitt QC, and said it would initially invest £10m towards “eradicating malpractice” in its supply chain. | |
| The company said in a statement that the board was “shocked and appalled by the recent allegations” and was committed to working to rebuild the reputation of textile manufacturing in Leicester. | |
| Greenpeace activists have replaced the destinations on the road signs around Parliament to read ‘Green Recovery’. | |
| The stunt was designed to highlight Greenpeace’s view that the government only has one option with its economic recovery package, and that much greater investment is needed to green the transport, energy, housing and waste sectors, create new green jobs and tackle the climate emergency. | |
| It comes as the government is threatened with legal action over the expected lack of green measures in the summer statement. | |
| On Tuesday, a letter threatening court action was sent to the prime minister and the chancellor by the pressure group Plan B, which successfully took the government to the appeal court this year over its green light for the expansion of Heathrow airport. | |
| Sunak will set out £3bn of green spending, focusing on improving energy efficiency in homes and public buildings, in his summer statement on Wednesday. But the letter contrasts this sum with the billions committed to airlines and carmakers in the taxpayer-funded coronavirus recovery package, and funding for fossil fuels. | |
| That report about hospital parking charges resuming for NHS staff appears to be causing unease in Tory ranks. | That report about hospital parking charges resuming for NHS staff appears to be causing unease in Tory ranks. |
| Labour has been highly critical of the plan - a sign that it may be raised by Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions. | Labour has been highly critical of the plan - a sign that it may be raised by Keir Starmer at prime minister’s questions. |
| Many of today’s papers lead on the chancellor’s jobs plan. But the I’s splash focusses on the end of free parking for NHS staff. | Many of today’s papers lead on the chancellor’s jobs plan. But the I’s splash focusses on the end of free parking for NHS staff. |
| And the Telegraph leads on the stamp duty holiday. | And the Telegraph leads on the stamp duty holiday. |
| Here are some of the other front pages: | Here are some of the other front pages: |
| Welcome to live coverage of the UK’s coronavirus crisis and the chancellor’s summer statement. | Welcome to live coverage of the UK’s coronavirus crisis and the chancellor’s summer statement. |
| Rishi Sunak is set to put a job creation plan for under-25s at the centre of his statement which is expected at about 12.30pm. | Rishi Sunak is set to put a job creation plan for under-25s at the centre of his statement which is expected at about 12.30pm. |
| The £2bn scheme will fund six-month job placements for an estimated 350,000 18- to 24-year-olds. | The £2bn scheme will fund six-month job placements for an estimated 350,000 18- to 24-year-olds. |
| Sunak is also reported to be considering a stamp duty holiday for properties under £500,000 to boost the housing market, as part of a package to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus. | Sunak is also reported to be considering a stamp duty holiday for properties under £500,000 to boost the housing market, as part of a package to tackle the economic impact of the coronavirus. |
| Richard Partington has a preview of these and other measures to look out for in the chancellor’s statement. | Richard Partington has a preview of these and other measures to look out for in the chancellor’s statement. |