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

ALEX BRUMMER: Sunak and Bailey have come up with the right policies

The country has been left in no doubt about the economic mantra of Covid-19.  It is Rishi Sunak’s much repeated ‘whatever it takes’.  The new Chancellor – the brightest political star for many a year – has followed through decisively.  There was an extra £30billion of spending in the Budget, followed by £350billion of bailout … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Rishi Sunak wants money back from self-employed 

SIMON WALTERS: Mr Moneybags Rishi Sunak has made it abundantly clear about coronavirus aid packages… he wants it all back By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 March 2020 | Updated: 04:35 GMT, 27 March 2020 During his six weeks as Chancellor, the sight of Rishi Sunak standing at the Downing … Read more