Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn spar in a televised debate just six days before the general election.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

The Labour and Conservative parties are making a final push on key issues — border security and rail fares — as the election campaign nears the home stretch. Brexit concerns are also bubbling again.

Live coverage from the FT.

The Conservatives vowed to bring in a new state aid system to protect British industry after Brexit, as the party finesses its message to Leave voters ahead of election day.

Neither Labour nor the Conservatives have offered a "credible prospectus" for government in the election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said this morning, in a damning assessment that highlighted the gulf between different political visions for Britain.

Jeremy Corbyn unveiled 451 pages of leaked documents, which he claimed show details of trade talks between the UK and US. The Labour leader said the discussions included Washington's demand for providing access to the NHS for American healthcare companies.

Jeremy Corbyn defends party's processes for dealing with racism after Ephraim Mirvis's criticism. Conservatives put opposition to independence at heart of Scottish campaign. Sterling slips as Labour makes inroads on Tories' polling lead.

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

The Brexit party and the Welsh Plaid Cymru reveal their policies; Corbyn and McDonnell defend tax plans; Tories propose stamp duty rise for foreign buyers; while UK figures show more gloomy outlook

Jeremy Corbyn unveils party's ‘most radical’ plans in decades, Tories backtrack on national insurance pledge while pressure on public finances increases

Creditors denounce government restructuring plan as unacceptable

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

Analysts expect the country to make bondholders an offer they cannot accept

Creditors prepare for tough negotiations after IMF calls on them to share the pain

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch

Reimposition of currency controls is admission of defeat by president

Bondholders weigh deal with Macri against negotiating with likely successor Fernández

Foreign investors have learnt the hard way that short-termism can be a virtue, not a vice

Macri tries to shore up confidence amid market worries over prolonged political instability and $101bn owed

Peso tumbles and cost to hedge against debt default surges

Creditor group says restrictions on trading could be forcing bonds into ‘rogue’ hands

Just two years ago investors rushed to snap up 100-year debt sold by Buenos Aires

President Lenín Moreno says deal will save his country from Venezuela’s fate

Iron ore giant in second disaster in 3 years after mud and waste surges through valley

After reaching intraday record, stocks retreat as new president faces economic challenge

Guido Sandleris says it is ‘too soon’ to declare that stability has returned to peso

About 85 per cent of voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction

Revised agreement comes a day after the exit of central bank governor

Investor blames peso mayhem on ‘massive speculative attack’ and local over-reaction

Franklin Templeton funds have lost $1.2bn on biggest Argentine positions

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow

Maduro’s economic rescue plan offers little hope to people struggling to get by 

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions

Decades of philanthropy pay off for one of Wall Street’s most complicated figures

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed