Labour hits out at Rishi Sunak’s approach to ending wage subsidies

‘One-size-fits-all’ view risks period of mass unemployment, says Anneliese Dodds

UK jobless figures climbing but most dangerous moment may have passed

Guardian’s monthly economic tracker paints mixed picture with many businesses forced to close despite rising spending

UK coronavirus: Chris Whitty warns of second spike if people ignore new rules in final daily briefing – as it happened

No 10 scraps daily press conference after today; 2m rule stays in Scotland and Wales; UK death toll rises by 171

This generation of Tories is complacent about the blight of unemployment

The government understands the electoral hazard of a recession but is unprepared for the grim politics of large-scale job losses, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

What can Rishi Sunak do to boost the economy?

Measures on VAT, business rates and training could be part of his July stimulus package

Britain nearly went bust in March, says Bank of England

Quantitative easing reduced government borrowing costs as Covid-19 crisis hit markets

VAT has always been a stealth tax – it’s about time we cut it

Rishi Sunak plans to cut VAT, but when Labour chancellor Alistair Darling did the same after the financial crisis he was derided, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Former chancellor Alistair Darling calls for emergency VAT cut

Move to stimulate spending as part of Covid-19 recovery plan makes sense, says politician

Labour councils in England hit harder by austerity than Tory areas

Exclusive: analysis by Guardian and Sigoma shows poorer, Labour-held areas lost over a third of spending power

Low interest rates offer a rare solution that left and right can agree on

Governments can opt to repeat the failure of austerity or take the opportunity to invest in the future

Much will go up in smoke as ministers opt for fire sale of public land

A government spending money hand over fist will turn to the private sector, wooing it with assets going cheap

From now, policies must put young people first. Starting with the triple-lock pension

Younger generations have accepted extraordinary constraints to protect us from coronavirus, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Bank of England continues on money-printing path it set out on in 2009

QE increase of £100bn shows Bank’s answer to all economic problems is still to print cash

Bank of England pumps an extra £100bn into UK economy

Quantitative easing expanded to help Britain recover from coronavirus crisis

The Guardian view on a second wave: hoping for the best is not enough

Letters: New cases in China and New Zealand highlight the risks of coronavirus resurging, and show why Britain must do better