Economy

Chancellor points to "worsening economic backdrop" and says he will review decision, which only affects areas in tier 3, in January.
More and more people don't believe the president's most repeated claim about the US economy.
Millionaire Julian Metcalfe, who has not run the business for a decade, questioned the wisdom of locking down "to save a few thousand lives of very old or vulnerable people".
The end of furlough, ‘rule of six’ and 10pm curfew have combined to obliterate restaurants like mine. It’s hard to know how many will survive past Christmas.
Lockdown 2.0 comes with a greatly scaled-down level of support for workers, businesses and students – but the government has refused to budge.
High street fashion giant Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group told staff lockdown had a massive impact on sales.
The arts sector is dying a slow and painful death in this climate, and we urgently need help. Cinema simply will not survive if you don’t step in.
Millions of people are being pushed into poverty by Covid-19, but that hasn't stopped the wealthiest people in the world raking it in.
Work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey is under fire, but allies say she's being quoted "out of context".
As curfews and other restrictions are brought in to try and stem the rise in coronavirus infections, Rishi Sunak took to the dispatch box with another rescue plan for the economy. But do his emergency schemes go far enough?Joining Arj Singh, Paul Waugh and Rachel Wearmouth, Labour’s shadow communities secretary Steve Reed reacts to Sunak’s statement, tries to unpack the problems with test and trace, and discusses what Labour’s virtual conference revealed about the party’s new leadership.