Know the Current UK
Here’s what you need to know in the UK this morning:
- The UK’s inflation rate fell sharply to 0.2% in August from 1% in July as the effect of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme pushed down restaurant prices, figures show
- Ministers are to publish details in the coming days of plans to prioritise coronavirus tests, with NHS staff and patients and those in care homes set to be at the top of the list
- The Archbishop of Canterbury has encouraged ministers not to direct coronavirus efforts purely from Westminster, allowing local authorities to have a greater role in fighting the pandemic
- The Unite union has called on the government to say it will extend its furlough scheme or face “redundancy floodgates” opening in the UK
- With young people bearing the brunt of rising unemployment, BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat has spoken to some young people about losing their jobs during lockdown
- And a protective device to help ear, nose and throat doctors reduce their exposure to coronavirus is to be provided free to the NHS
