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Chancellor Rishi Sunak may have received praise for a number of his commitments, but some are worried about not being included.

The director of campaign group Generation Rent, Alicia Kennedy, said it was "tragic" that Mr Sunak "did not take the chance today to help the half a million renters who have got behind on their rent in the last few months".

She welcomed the support for jobs, but said people are "struggling to put food on the table now and face the threat of losing their home when the eviction ban is lifted next month".

"They can’t eat out to help out," she says. "Renters need a pay out to eat in."

Ms Kennedy also says the cut in stamp duty "doesn’t help renters whose incomes and savings have been destroyed by the pandemic and face a further setback to their hopes of buying a home".

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Measures on people shielding in Scotland because of a pre-existing medical condition are to be eased this week.

From Friday, those who are shielding will no longer have to distance themselves from the people they live with.

Health Secretary Jeane Freeman made the announcement during the first minister's daily briefing.

Initially, the Scottish government asked people to shield until 31 July.

However, it said there would be periodical easing of restrictions throughout this month.

There are about 180,000 people shielding in Scotland.

Read more here.

Drivetime with John Beattie
BBC Radio Scotland

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Travel between Scotland and a number of other countries without quarantine will be allowed from Friday, but Spain's not on the list.

The UK government has vowed to boost the economy with a jobs promise, a VAT cut and money off eating out, but has it gone far enough?

John will be speaking to both Scotland's Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and Scotland Office Minister Iain Stewart to get the perspective of both governments.

The programme will also look at so-called face shaming and the case of a young woman who has been refused a doctor's note to fly without a mask.

And would you rather holiday in Scotland with a staycation or travel abroad? Let John know your thoughts - the text is 80295.

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Talking to The World at One on BBC Radio 4, general secretary of the Trade Unions Congress Frances O’Grady criticised the tapered end of the furlough scheme.

“I worry that the chancellor hasn’t provided that bridge between having nine million people on furlough... and what happens come October.

"A little tweaking around the edges is not going to provide the plan that we need for those industries that are critical to this country’s future.”

BBC Politics Live
BBC2's lunchtime political programme

Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson says: "The one thing the chancellor skipped over - right at the beginning - he said he was allocating £50bn to public services.

"Last time we looked that number was about £18bn - suddenly an extra £30bn has appeared in his numbers.

If you look at the Treasury document - an astonishing £15bn of that is to buy PPE for staff.

There is another £10bn allocated to testing and tracing.

"It is quite surprising that very big amount of money was skated over so quickly."

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Parliament

The debate is now in full swing in the Commons, but what did Chancellor Rishi Sunak announce in his summer statement?

Here is a brief overview:

• A Jobs Retention Bonus, giving £1,000 to businesses who bring back employees from furlough
• A temporary VAT cut for hospitality and tourism - down from 20% to 5%
• An "Eat Out to Help Out" scheme for August, giving a discount to people eating at cafes, restaurants and pubs

• A "kickstart scheme" to get unemployed 16 to 24-year-old into work
• New payments for businesses hiring apprentices

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People travelling to and from Spain will still have to go into quarantine when arriving in Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The Scottish government has approved almost all of the "air bridge" travel destinations set out by UK ministers.

This means that from 10 July, Scots can travel to 57 other countries without having to self-isolate on returning.

However, Spain and Serbia have been omitted from the list due to concerns about the prevalence of Covid-19.

The first minister said this was a "very difficult decision" to make, but that it was needed to "protect Scotland as far as possible from a resurgence of this virus in the weeks ahead".

And she warned that people should not seek to "get around" the restrictions by travelling via English airports, insisting that the rules "are here for a reason".

Read more here.

• People travelling from all 39 countries rated Green on the UK government's list, external will no longer need to quarantine on entry to Scotland from 10 July.
• Some on the Amber list, including Spain and Serbia, will still have to quarantine, at least until the next review scheduled for 20 July.
• From Friday, people who are "shielding" no longer have to physically distance from the people they live with. Other changes to shielding include "extended households"
• Latest National Records of Scotland figures show there were 17 Covid-linked deaths last week, taking the total to 4,173
• One more person who tested positive has died in the last 24 hours, taking the total by that measure to 2,490. There have also been seven more reported coronavirus cases since yesterday.
• Scotland has made “real and sustained progress” in eliminating the virus, says Nicola Sturgeon, after a 10th consecutive week in which the number of deaths has fallen.
• The first minister hopes to confirm on Thursday that Scotland can move to phase three in its route-map out of lockdown.

• New analysis shows deaths among people from the South Asian ethnic group were almost twice as likely to involve Covid-19 than deaths in the White ethnic group.

Rajdeep Sandhu
Political Correspondent, BBC Scotland's The Nine

The chancellor's speech as expected was all about jobs with billions of pounds to stem looming unemployment.

For a Conservative government these are big spending interventions, perhaps more natural territory for Labour or the SNP.

It’s certainly no easy balancing act for a relatively new chancellor. He wants to give people hope but he certainly isn’t sugarcoating it.

Despite calls to extend the furlough scheme, it was a no. An admission some jobs will never come back, shifting the focus on getting employers to hire people who have been furloughed through bonuses.

The chancellor was also keen to flash his unionist credentials early on. The UK government will be aware of a series of polls suggesting support for independence growing during the pandemic.

So the chancellor stressed the "special bond" of the union and the support people in devolved nations received.

NHS car parks are free for staff, patients and visitors in Scotland but that does not normally apply to three PFI (private finance initiative) hospitals.

When asked about this by the Scotsman, Health Secretary Jeane Freeman says the temporary free parking arrangement for staff at those hospitals has been extended until the end of September.

She says discussions will continue with the owners of the car parks, describing talks as "positive in the main".

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The first minister is asked by the Press & Journal about fears that up to 106 of the 150 jobs at the Macdonald Hotel resort in Aviemore are under threat, and that some staff could become homeless as a result.

Nicola Sturgeon says tourism minister Fergus Ewing has already met with Macdonald Hotel bosses and offered support around the government's PACE employment initiative, external and will engage with other issues too.

She acknowledges this is an "incredibly difficult time" for hotels and other parts of the hospitality and tourism sector, particularly those impacted by loss of revenues from large-scale events such as conferences too.

"We will try to provide as much help as feasible," Ms Sturgeon says.

She hopes to be able to confirm on Thursday a move to phase three of the route-map out of lockdown, which will mean the tourism sector can open up again from 15 July.

With Falkirk Council saying all pupils will not be back full-time until 24 August, The Sun ask when the final decision will be made on the target for getting pupils back into schools on 11 August will be made.

"We will update parents as we go," says the first minister.

"We have always said a full-time return to school, which is absolutely our intention if it is possible, depends on us continuing to suppress the virus," adds Nicola Sturgeon.

"If not taking a holiday to Spain helps us get back to full-time education, then perhaps that is not a bad balance."

With reference to the Falkirk situation, the first minister says that it is her understanding that it is simply about taking a few days at the start of term to ease children who haven't been at school for four months back in a particular way.

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Douglas Fraser
Scotland business & economy editor

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a string of measures aimed at boosting the economy in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic:

• VAT (value added tax) for the hospitality industry will reduce from 20% to 5% for six months. This would apply to the whole of the UK
• The chancellor announces a temporary holiday on stamp duty on property sales in England and Northern Ireland. This does not apply in Scotland but should see some change to the block grant.

• Mr Sunak announces a £2bn Green Homes Grant under which "homeowners and landlords will be able to apply for vouchers to make their homes more energy efficient and create local jobs
• The chancellor also responds to calls for the furlough scheme to be closed at the end of October, saying it had to be wound down, and is bad for the economy to have people kept off work for any longer.

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Nicola Sturgeon says she is "deeply sorry" that an expansion of free childcare could be delayed for at least another year.

Scotland’s councils have been released of the legal obligation to double free childcare provision by August, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic forcing councils to re-direct funds elsewhere.

The first minister says the policy is one of her government's commitments "that matters most to me" because of the transformational opportunities it affords young people later in education, as well as the financial benefits to parents.

"I deeply regret it has to be delayed – it was on track to be delivered before Covid - but I hope people understand it is just inevitable," she says.

Ms Sturgeon adds that the Scottish government will get it back on track as quickly as possible, and that she remains "just as committed today as I was pre-Covid" to fulfilling this commitment.

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The Telegraph ask Nicola Sturgeon how Spanish visitors will be made aware of the differences between arriving in England and Scotland.

The first minister is confident travellers will be well informed.

"I want to get back to the position of welcoming Spanish tourists with no restrictions at all as soon as possible," she says.

As things stand, Nicola Sturgeon reminds us, anyone, including returning holidaymakers, arriving in Scotland from Spain will be required to quarantine at home for 14 days.

"I understand these are not easy arrangements to get your head round," she says. "We will try to put out as much simple information into the public domain as we can."

On travelling abroad in general, the first minister says it is "something people should think carefully about right now".