Bank of England paves way for negative interest rates
Governor says all options are open after UK sells first ever bond with negative yield
Roosevelt’s New Deal offered hope in desperate times. We can do the same now
His nation-building work programmes are an unsurpassed example of what governments can do when markets collapse, says author Eric Rauchway
The furlough scheme must be reformed to avoid mass unemployment
Expecting employers to pay up to 40% of furloughed staff wages will result in a second wave of massive job losses, says shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds
TUC boss calls for new council to build fairer economy after Covid-19
Exclusive: Frances O’Grady calls for body to tie together government, unions and employers
Frances O’Grady: ‘this crisis has made us question everything’
TUC boss says that working people can’t pay the price for recovery from Covid-19 and calls for investment, not cuts
Treasury finally closes bonus loophole to firms receiving Covid-19 loans
State lending should promote corporate survival, not underwrite executive pay packets
UK coronavirus: George Eustice urges furloughed workers to pick fruit; death toll rises by 545 – as it happened
Official total now at to 35,341; UK facing ‘severe recession the likes of which we haven’t seen’, says Rishi Sunak
Chancellor plays down hopes of quick economic recovery
Rishi Sunak warns UK facing recession ‘the likes of which we haven’t seen’ due to Covid-19 crisis
China presents itself as rival to democracy and plays UK, says Labour
Foreign policy spokesman Stephen Kinnock says UK needs to stand up to Chinese economic intimidation
Despite UK furlough scheme 6 million fear losing their job – study
Survey finds 60% of workers are at most three months away from rent or mortgage default
Britain is at risk of ‘returning to 80s levels of unemployment’
UK must reabsorb those out of work due to Covid, says Bank of England’s chief economist
Labour to plan green economic rescue from coronavirus crisis
Exclusive: Ed Miliband calls for creation of ‘zero-carbon army’ for eco-friendly industries
Revolt over easing of coronavirus lockdown spreads as poll slump hits Boris Johnson
Manchester mayor unleashes fury at Johnson plan, while public approval for easing of lockdown strategy plummets
Debt will soar: the government must just stay cool and focus on growth
Some in the Treasury are panicking about a debt pile set to hit 115% of GDP, but the chancellor – and most economists – agree that austerity is not the answer
Rightwing thinktanks call time on age of austerity
Free market bodies relaxed about the ramping up of UK debts, though have limited faith in the Tories’ investment decisions