CA daily briefing: Monday 5 October

Your essential briefing of the morning's top news stories.
Good morning, Andrew Harbison here with today's latest news and updates.
The latest from ICAS
As part of World Habitat Day, Anne Adrain reflects on the importance of our towns and cities to our economy and wellbeing.
Today's top stories from around the web
- Government launches £238m scheme for jobseekers (BBC News)
- FTSE 100 climbs as global stocks rebound on signs of Trump’s health improving (City AM)
- Britain open to Aussie-style EU trade deal but Australia wants more (Reuters)
- ECB has a messaging problem as Lagarde-Lane dynamic muddies view (Bloomberg)
- COVID-19 has changed working patterns for good, UK survey finds (The Guardian)
- TfL bans Uber rival Ola over 'public safety' failings (Sky News)
- Cineworld closures 'not a decision we made lightly' (BBC News)
- Weir Group sheds oil and gas division in $405m Caterpillar deal (City AM)
- COVID-19 and no-deal Brexit could cost UK £134bn a year (Reuters)
- State subsidies for company cars top €32bn in UK and EU (The Guardian)
That's all for today. Check back next tomorrow for your Tuesday briefing.