Coronavirus crisis has intensified UK’s wealth divide, data reveals

12m adults struggling to pay bills, with BAME people worst hit, official figures show

Rishi Sunak to unveil fourth Covid support package for ailing firms

Chancellor to meet employers groups and unions amid pressure from lockdown-hit areas

Tier 3 lockdowns: how each region’s support package compares

The government has faced battles with local leaders in parts of England over the terms of imposing tighter restrictions

I was relieved when the tourists left my home town. But now it feels truly melancholy

There was a guilty pleasure, at first, in the Covid-enforced absence of hen and stag dos in York. But the streets have emptied at a time when the city badly needs money – as does so much of our beautiful island

Scrap pensions triple lock to help save UK finances, says influential thinktank

Centre for Policy Studies plan includes new limits on child benefit and foreign aid cuts

Employer contribution cuts could save three times more UK jobs, thinktank says

New Economics Foundation estimates 2.7m roles at risk of redundancy despite new job support scheme

Failure to act on Covid ‘circuit breaker’ will cost billions – Labour

Anneliese Dodds says delaying England-wide shutdown will damage economy further

PM confirms Covid tier 3 restrictions for Greater Manchester as talks fail

Boris Johnson refuses to specify how much support region will get

Bank of England policymaker backs negative interest rates

Gertjan Vlieghe says the surge in Covid cases means the Bank will need a range of measures

Austerity is a zombie ideology. It’s time to bury it once and for all

Even the IMF believes that fiscal restraint is not the right way to deal with pandemic debt – but the UK can’t seem to move on, says researcher Tom Kibasi

Covid-19 has exposed the catastrophic impact of privatising vital services

Global markets have failed to provide people with basic needs like housing and water, say present and former UN special rapporteurs

Gordon Brown calls for £100-a-week wage subsidy to help hire under-25s

Former Labour prime minister’s proposal part of plan to prevent spike in youth unemployment

Boris Johnson’s split from Brussels echoes Henry VIII’s break with Rome

Most thought the Tudor king needed to avoid a no-deal break but history has proved otherwise

Livelihoods will be crushed in this vice of disease and Brexit

Leave campaigners were heedless of the economic damage they might do. Now they must reckon with a pandemic as well

Ministers and north of England leaders clash over further Covid restrictions

Decision expected on whether to extend tier 3 rules to Greater Manchester and Lancashire