Business and Economics

“There won’t be a ‘pause’ in how much rent, mortgages, food and transport costs.

“The models would suggest that the effects of a WTO no-deal trade agreement are longer term."

"Our governments have programmed the global tax system to prioritise the desires of the wealthiest corporations and individuals over the needs of everybody else."

"Across the country, trade unions, MPs and community groups have expressed their concerns to the banking sector about the negative impact their actions are having on local economies and the wider society."

The working from home levy would cost an employee earning £35,000 just under £7 a day.

The benefits of the tougher restrictions since late September – including the curfew, table service and mandatory use of face masks when moving around pubs – are “questionable”, according to the outspoken pub chief.

The re-introduction of the furlough scheme combined with positive news about a vaccine leads to a more optimistic view.

“Being an independent bookseller has for so many years been such a David v Goliath battle that it feels slightly disconcerting when someone at last hands you a bazooka instead of you peppering away with your slingshot.”

It comes as Gordon Brown launches the Alliance For Full Employment, saying the pandemic "does not have to wreck the job prospects of a whole generation".