Rishi Sunak is under pressure to boost bailouts for companies that are struggling

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to boost his business bailout so that the Government increases its guarantee on loans to struggling firms to 100 per cent. The Treasury will today announce a further £1.25billion package to support innovative firms hit as the coronavirus lockdown causes the economy to stutter to a halt. It … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump puts efforts of Rishi Sunak and our own banking pygmies in shade

ALEX BRUMMER: Donald Trump may be crazy but efforts of his business and financial team put those of Rishi Sunak and our own banking pygmies in shade By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 17 April 2020 One of the great hobbies of the British … Read more

Rishi Sunak is pushing to ease the coronavirus lockdown next month

Rishi Sunak is ‘pushing to ease the coronavirus lockdown next month because many people have OVER-INTERPRETED stay-at-home advice by stopping working unnecessarily’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak pushing to ease the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown next month Said there is risk of permanent damage to economy if lockdown goes on too long Mr Sunak hinted at his concern … Read more

Rishi Sunak is pushing to ease the coronavirus lockdown next month

Rishi Sunak is ‘pushing to ease the coronavirus lockdown next month because many people have OVER-INTERPRETED stay-at-home advice by stopping working unnecessarily’ Chancellor Rishi Sunak pushing to ease the UK’s Covid-19 lockdown next month Said there is risk of permanent damage to economy if lockdown goes on too long Mr Sunak hinted at his concern … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Rishi Sunak warns of ‘tough times to come’

Rishi Sunak tonight warned of ‘more tough times to come’ amid warnings the economy faces shrinking by more than a third this quarter with two million people made jobless. The Chancellor said people should brace for ‘hardship’ as he insisted the hit from the lockdown measures designed to combat the deadly coronavirus would be ‘temporary’. … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Rishi Sunak warns of ‘tough times to come’

Rishi Sunak tonight warned of ‘more tough times to come’ amid warnings the economy faces shrinking by more than a third this quarter with two million people made jobless. The Chancellor said people should brace for ‘hardship’ as he insisted the hit from the lockdown measures designed to combat the deadly coronavirus would be ‘temporary’. … Read more

Rishi Sunak at war with Matt Hancock over best way out of coronavirus lockdown

Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more

Rishi Sunak at war with Matt Hancock over best way out of coronavirus lockdown

Two of the most senior Ministers leading the Government response to the coronavirus crisis are locked in battle over when to lift the economically devastating lockdown. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made ‘robust’ representations to Health Secretary Matt Hancock, arguing that unless a path is mapped now for a swift return to normal economic activity it … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Rishi Sunak ‘to order banks to hand over loans’

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will order banks to hand over loans to struggling firms as ‘one million businesses teeter on the brink of collapse’ because government backed schemes are not being passed on and companies ‘furlough half their staff’ New survey of business suggests there is a massive take up of furlough scheme Some 44 per … Read more

Chancellor Rishi ‘Dishy’ Sunak is the voters choice to stand in for Boris Johnson

Chancellor Rishi ‘Dishy’ Sunak is the voters choice to stand in for Boris Johnson if the Prime Minister becomes too ill from coronavirus, exclusive poll reveals Endorsement comes after Prime Minister revealed he tested positive for virus Rishi Sunak is backed as the stand-in premier by voters, Deltapoll reveals 78 per cent of respondents also … Read more