Boris Johnson will present his plan to begin easing lockdown measures on Sunday, with aspects to come into effect on Monday. The cabinet and Cobra will meet over the weekend to agree a plan before the prime minister makes the announcement; he will make a statement to the Commons on Monday. Also today, Nicola Sturgeon told Holyrood her government would start to lift restrictions “as soon as possible”, after the latest data showed coronavirus-related deaths in Scotland fell for the first time, and the Welsh government said it expected a “careful and cautious approach” to relaxing the lockdown from Westminster. Rishi Sunak is preparing to wind down the job retention scheme from July as the government plans to gradually remove lockdown measures. A decision is yet to be made, but the Treasury is understood to be examining several options for tapering the scheme, including cutting the 80% wage subsidy to 60% and lowering the £2,500 cap on monthly payments. Another option promoted by employers’ groups to allow furloughed staff to work, but with a smaller state subsidy, is also under consideration. The official UK coronavirus death toll passed 30,000 as another 649 fatalities were recorded. The new total of 30,076 represents the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 and died, so the true number will be much higher. Heathrow airport is to begin temperature screening of passengers in an effort to minimise transmission across borders. The airport’s chief executive, John Holland-Kaye, said it would trial technologies and processes that could form the basis of a common international standard for health screening at airports, including cameras in immigration halls. No 10 scaled down the scope of the PM’s new “200,000 tests per day” target as the government missed its 100,000 daily tests goal for a fourth day running. The PM’s spokesman said that when Johnson set the new testing target for the end of May during PMQs, he had been referring to testing capacity. Later, Robert Jenrick told the daily press briefing that 69,463 tests were carried out yesterday. Rising levels of racism towards people of east Asian heritage have left many feeling too scared to venture out when the lockdown is eventually lifted, research suggests. The survey by Prof Binna Kandola found that just over half of respondents had experienced an increase in discrimination since the pandemic began, with Chinese people reporting being coughed at, attacked, mocked and abused. Kandola said society had an opportunity to show zero tolerance towards racist behaviour once the lockdown is eased. The tube will only be able to run at 20% capacity to allow for physical distancing, Sadiq Khan said. The mayor of London said the transport system could not operate at pre-crisis levels while maintaining physical distancing at all times, so capacity would have to be reduced to 13-20% and the carrying capacity of double-decker buses could be reduced from 85 to 15 passengers. He argued that everyone in London who could work from home would have to continue to do so for the foreseeable future. And police decided not to take action against Prof Neil Ferguson after he breached lockdown rules. The scientist resigned last night after it emerged that he had broken lockdown restrictions by receiving visits from his lover. This morning the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said it was right that he had stepped down and backed any action the police decided to take. However, Scotland Yard said that since Ferguson had accepted responsibility for his error of judgment, no further action would be taken. Downing Street confirmed Ferguson would no longer be advising the government in any way. That’s it from us on the UK side for today. Thank you to everybody who got in touch and to all of you for reading along. If you would like to continue following the Guardian’s coronavirus coverage, head over to the global live blog for the worldwide picture.