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By Victoria King

 
 

Green scheme

 
 
Coronavirus latest

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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Care homes anger

 
 

Boris Johnson has been strongly criticised for suggesting that "too many care homes didn't really follow the procedures" during the coronavirus crisis. Downing Street later sought to clarify his remarks, suggesting he was pointing out that no-one knew what the correct procedures were at that stage. But organisations representing care homes and their staff have accused the PM of unfairly blaming them.

There were about 30,000 more deaths in care homes in England and Wales during the peak of the outbreak than over the same period in 2019 - with two-thirds of those deaths attributed to the virus. BBC Reality Check has looked closely at what steps care homes took  and the advice they were given on protecting residents.

In other news this morning, the president of the UK's national academy of science has said everyone should wear a face covering whenever they leave home. The UK is "way behind" many countries, Prof Sir Venki Ramakrishnan warned. Masks are compulsory in some settings - here are the rules and some tips on making your own.

 
 
 

Missing the grandchildren

 
 

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.

 
 
 
 

Offices look to win back workers' confidence 

 

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

 
 
 
 
 

What the papers say

 
 
Paper review

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.

 
 
 

Daily digest

 
 
   

Africa How fast is the virus spreading across the continent?

 
   

'Rough sex' law MPs back bill banning "chilling" defence

 
   

Herd immunity Study casts doubt on its potential to protect populations

 
   

TikTok Firm vows to quit Hong Kong over China security law

 
 
 

If you watch one thing today

'Being a black, disabled female is a hard place to be'
 
 
 
 

If you listen to one thing today

Rethinking an ageing population
 
 
 
 

If you read one thing today

Looking for answers in the place where coronavirus started
 
 
 
 

Need something different?

 
 

In the first of a series of pieces from across the world on Britain's colonial legacy, BBC News presenter Clive Myrie says racism was the rocket fuel that drove the empire. Elsewhere, as a new BBC Three documentary examines the US president's relationship with Twitter, one woman, Lauren, reveals the firestorm of online abuse that came her way after she had a run-in with him. And finally, what made Amazon boss Jeff Bezos into the world's first centibillionaire? Let us explain.

 
 
 

On this day

   

2005 Four suicide bomb attacks on London's transport network kill 52 people and injure 700

 
 
 
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