Jonathan and Kate break down what the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, announced in his summer statement. Is it going to be enough in the face of the incoming recession, and where is he getting all this money from?

The mayor of Leicester, Sir Peter Soulsby, wrote a letter to Public Health England and the Department of Health and Social Care. In it, he raised issues with how they handled the local lockdown in Leicester. The Guardian’s Whitehall correspondent, Rajeev Syal, speaks to him about this letter.

Plus, how will the two main political parties in the UK handle a second wave if it hits? The Spectator’s Kate Andrews and the Labour peer Stewart Wood discuss what the long-term repercussions might be for Labour and the Conservatives.

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