Coronavirus has completely changed how UK politics works

Only weeks ago no one would have anticipated the Tories finding the magic money tree

British firms to be given more protection from bankruptcy

Laws which make it illegal for a business to trade when insolvent set to be changed

Don’t believe the myth that we must sacrifice lives to save the economy

Governments must do whatever it takes – and whatever it costs – in the interests of our health and our collective wealth, says Jonathan Portes, a professor of economics and public policy

The government’s Covid-19 plan is full of holes – we must look after these four groups

The self-employed and dependent contractors, workers on reduced hours, carers and temps all need clarity and security, says shadow chancellor John McDonnell

National living wage increase should be delayed, says IFS

Thinktank says move could prevent workers from being laid off in coronavirus crisis

‘I’ve been panicking’: UK self-employed plead for better Covid-19 response

While employees will receive 80% of wages, self-employed are being asked to live on £94 a week

Here is what the US government should do right now to protect the economy

The coronavirus pandemic needs decisive leadership to guarantee medical and civilian supplies and to safeguard livelihoods

Delay is deadly: what Covid-19 tells us about tackling the climate crisis

Rightwing governments have denied the problem and been slow to act. With coronavirus and the climate, this costs lives, says Jonathan Watts, the Guardian’s global environment editor

The middle class are about to discover the cruelty of Britain’s benefits system

People on decent salaries hit by the Covid-19 fallout are in for a shock, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

‘Time is running out’: airline industry warns government

EasyJet and Ryanair to stop flying on Monday and less than 5% of passengers expected at airports amid coronavirus

The coronavirus crisis may lead to a new way of economic thinking

The 1929 crash triggered a sea change. Ideas such as universal basic income suggest Covid-19 could do likewise

The coronavirus crisis ignites a bonfire of Conservative party orthodoxies

Ideological beliefs long worshipped in the churches of the right are being sacrificed in the fierce urgency of the now

Rishi Sunak has given us wartime finance fit for wartime economic conditions

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The Observer view on the UK’s response to the coronavirus crisis

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At last, Rishi Sunak has delivered a fitting response to coronavirus

The government has put the economy on life support. But the self-employed and renters need more help, says economics writer Tom Kibasi