Extend coronavirus wage subsidies or risk delayed redundancies, firms warn

Employers say furlough scheme could become ‘waiting room for redundancies’ if it ends in June

UN chief: don’t use taxpayer money to save polluting industries

António Guterres calls for coronavirus aid to be directed at firms with green credentials

UK retail suffering from collapse in consumer spending, says CBI

Two-thirds of firms say Covid-19 lockdown hit sales in worst month since financial crisis

Thinktank predicts £800bn hit to economy in UK over next 10 years

NIESR also says impact of coronavirus will lead to spike in unemployment to above 10%

My friend’s small hiking shop is dying. It’s one story of millions

This could be the end of cities and towns as we know them. The places that make communities unique may not survive

Rishi Sunak’s coronavirus rescue plan is failing. Labour can help make it work

As shadow chancellor, I urge No 11 to work with me to avoid Britain’s economy being scarred for generations to come, says Anneliese Dodds, shadow chancellor of the exchequer

UK coronavirus live: some non-Covid NHS treatments to restart, as 360 hospital deaths take toll to 21,092 – as it happened

Families of NHS staff who die from coronavirus to get £60,000; Johnson says lockdown cannot yet end as second peak would be disaster

Should we be scared of the coronavirus debt mountain?

The pandemic has necessitated huge borrowing – but post-crisis austerity would be the very worst way to deal with it, says Adam Tooze, director of the European Institute at Columbia University

UK coronavirus response utterly hypocritical, says UN poverty expert

Philip Alston says worst aspects of austerity policies ‘cannot and will not be undone’

Nudge theory is a poor substitute for hard science in matters of life or death

Behavioural economics is being abused by politicians as a justification for flawed policies over the coronavirus outbreak

A growing clamour of voices treats the pandemic as if it’s just health and safety gone mad

Far too many are making a ‘commonsense’ case for relaxing restrictions

Thousands of firms may fail if rescue schemes not expanded, says CBI

More grants and loans needed to help small businesses weather Covid-19 lockdown, say leaders

Coronavirus lockdown tips UK economy into biggest slump on record

Recession and unprecedented squeeze on incomes likely, says Bank of England policymaker

UK seeks to borrow £225bn to fund huge surge in public spending

Borrowing for just four months nears annual peak figure for 2009-10 financial crisis as coronavirus ravages economy

Wealth tax rise could raise £174bn to tackle Covid-19, expert says

UK taxes should be central to debate on paying for pandemic, suggests Richard Murphy