David Cameron breaks 30-day silence over lobbying for Greensill

Ex-PM says he acted within rules but admits there are ‘important lessons’ to be learned

Co-op to keep £66m in rates relief despite 400% rise in profits

Group will repay UK government £16m worth of furlough payments as profits surge to £127m

Banks among firms seeing benefit of lockdown ‘flexibility’ and organising permanent switch away from offices

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news as Covid recovery hopes lift stocks

Jamie Dimon says in shareholder letter economy on edge of ‘Goldilocks moment’ but upbeat news comes with caveats

Analysis finds 77% of directors on boards of seven US banks have ties to ‘climate-conflicted’ groups

The government must force betting firms to pay heavily to treat gambling addiction – not rely on their goodwill

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news as businesses in England prepare to reopen on 12 April

Directors’ bonuses scrapped as chief risk officer and investment bank chief exit

Investment bank could see 200 of its 6,000 London workers back in the office after Easter break

Enterprise section ‘laughably simplistic’ and looked to TV programme Dragons’ Den for answers

Bank acts to recoup funds through courts against metals trading firm as Gupta tries for “standstill” deal with Greensill administrators

The Greensill Capital affair is the exact type of lobbying row that the ex-PM warned about and vowed to eradicate

Lex Greensill described as ‘Senior Adviser, Prime Minister’s Office’, adding to pressure on David Cameron over links to failed financier

Collapse of Archegos has reportedly prompted SEC and FCA inquiries into Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Nomura and others