Public spending on the battle against coronavirus has risen to nearly £190bn, after the chancellor's announcement of a £30bn package to combat the crisis, Treasury figures show. That amounts to more than the entire planned health budget for the year - or nearly £3,000 for every person in the UK. Announcing the measures in his summer statement, Rishi Sunak spoke of protecting and creating jobs with a one-off £1,000 "job-retention bonus" for employers, grants to get young people into work and a "kickstart" scheme to help those on benefits - see the main announcements at a glance. 

While a stamp duty holiday, half-price deal to encourage people to dine out and VAT cuts for some hospitality and leisure providers grabbed the headlines, "huge public services additional spending", such as an extra £15bn to buy protective kit such as gloves and masks, was "skated over", according to Institute for Fiscal Studies director Paul Johnson. It's all likely to push the gap between government spending and the sum it raises in taxes - the deficit - above £300bn to nearly six times what was anticipated, according to the independent think tank. Mr Johnson said the chancellor's strategy was to spend now to avoid more harmful long-term economic damage.

As our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, notes, many of the measures announced by the chancellor "run against traditional Tory instincts". However, "opposition parties already suggest that the scale of what the government is proposing falls short of what will be required". And there will be continued pressure from some industries in crisis, such as aviation and gyms, which complain they have been "ignored". 

There was anger at the absence of additional help for Leicester, where many businesses remain shut on government orders to control a local outbreak. The city's mayor, Sir Peter Soulsby, told BBC News he was "absolutely furious" the anticipated help had not materialised, describing the lack of extra support as "brutal". However, in a letter to Labour MP Liz Kendall, business minister Nadhim Zahawi claims the city council has spent less than £500,000 of a £3.5m discretionary grant awarded to it.

The US policeman accused of George Floyd's murder told him to "stop yelling" as the unarmed black man repeatedly gasped under the officer's knee, according to transcripts of body-camera footage released in court.
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The chancellor's summer statement dominates the front pages. A photo of Rishi Sunak serving meals in a restaurant inspires the Times's headline: "Sunak serves up £30bn rescue." He was promoting a scheme to support the hospitality industry by paying half the cost of a meal out for everyone during August. "Come dine with me," says the Daily Telegraph's headline. As the Daily Mail sees it: "We'll all have to pick up the tab." Meanwhile, the chancellor's spending plans amount to "chicken feed", for the Daily Mirror, which points out the meal offer only applies Mondays to Wednesdays. And the Guardian warns that fears of mass unemployment persist.

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