Plus, offices 'transform' to win back confidence
| | | | Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in England will be able to apply for vouchers of up to £5,000 to help cover the cost of installing insulation and other energy saving improvements. It's part of an ambition to kick-start a green economic recovery and create thousands of jobs. It should also help the country meet its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Applications will open online in September. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has allocated £2bn for the programme - part of a larger £3bn fund to decarbonise public buildings such as schools. BBC environment analyst Roger Harrabin says some campaigners are delighted, but plenty think much more money is needed. Germany, for example, is investing €40bn (£36bn) in green jobs. Labour said there appeared to be nothing for the rental sector, and warned the programme must continue year after year to maximise the benefits. We'll hear much more from the chancellor on Wednesday when he delivers an emergency mini-Budget. Can he save your job? Plus, find out more on the economic impact of coronavirus around the world. Our live page, as always, has more throughout the day. | |
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| The Duchess of Cornwall says she "can't wait to hug her grandchildren" after only seeing them on internet calls and at a social distance since the start of lockdown. Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Emma Barnett, Camilla also talked about her husband Prince Charles' recovery from Covid-19, and discussed her concerns beyond the Royal Family, particularly the scale of domestic abuse during lockdown. The duchess is guest-editing Emma's show on Tuesday from 10:00 BST. You'll also be able to catch up later via BBC Sounds. And read more on whether coronavirus is changing the royals. | |
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| | | | | With millions of people working from home since the coronavirus pandemic, office owners will have to try harder to make workers happy about returning to their workplaces. Many staff are going to see big changes when they return. It might be infrared temperature checks in the lobby, contactless lifts, or new apps to spread workers out and keep shared surfaces clean, but there's no doubt the post-coronavirus office is getting a drastic technological refit. | |
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| | Padraig Belton | Technology of business reporter, BBC News | |
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| | | | A mixed bag in Tuesday's papers. Several report on a plan from the chancellor for a stamp duty holiday. The i says it may not come in until the autumn and therefore risks paralysing the housing market for months. The Daily Telegraph's property editor, Isabelle Fraser, agrees there could be a short-term collapse in sales as people planning to buy hold off. The Guardian leads on Boris Johnson and care homes. It says his remarks follow suggestions that ministers, mindful of a likely future inquiry into the government's handling of the crisis, could seek to lay responsibility for deaths on outside bodies, such as Public Health England. Elsewhere, the Daily Mail says the diplomatic war over Huawei's involvement in Britain's 5G network has taken an extraordinary new turn, while the Financial Times reports that Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab is coming under intense pressure to announce unilateral UK sanctions in response to China's new security law. | |
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| | | | 2005 Four suicide bomb attacks on London's transport network kill 52 people and injure 700 |
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