NEWS
Clock starts ticking on UK coronavirus jobs scheme
As the furlough programme begins to draw to a close, fears are heightening over the economic cost of the government’s lockdown. The Bank of England forecasts that unemployment will approach ten per cent this year, and in aviation alone, 70,000 jobs are at risk over the next three months – Financial Times
Classic ‘Germans’ episode of Fawlty Towers is latest British programme to be taken off-air after Little Britain, Ant & Dec and Gavin and Stacey are dragged into a race row – Mail
Nigel Farage dropped from LBC talk show after Black Lives Matter row – Telegraph
Scouts mobilise to defend Baden-Powell statue from removal after threats over Hitler ties – Times
Boy, 13, among four held over police attack shown on social media – Mail
Teaching unions accused of celebrating schools remaining closed – Telegraph
Brexit talks on brink as major fishing hurdle may ‘derail whole negotiation’ – Express
COMMENT
We’re asking the wrong questions about racial inequality in the UK – Fraser Nelson, Telegraph
Starmer’s strong start is a warning to Tories – Iain Martin, Times
Britannia is teetering on the brink of anarchy… in the face of a national emergency, we are consumed by a preposterous squabble about statues of long-dead white men with links to the slave trade – Richard Littlejohn, Mail
