How fraudsters will try to trick you out of your money 

The past decade has been transformational for our finances, but the next could be more challenging 

Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make

A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat  

New chancellor Rishi Sunak would be wise to avoid slashing pension perks 

Money worries have taken on a new meaning with the market woes and the Budget next week

But why didn’t the chancellor go the whole hog and scrap the tax taper altogether?

Readers say they fall between the cracks of government support schemes

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Discovery raises prospect of industry’s return 20 years after Cornwall’s last pit closed

Main non-China producer says it may need public funds to weather coronavirus downturn

Mourinho in Norfolk, Tyson v Fury, and mandatory drug-taking at the Olympics

Recent books by Matthew Engel, Edward Luce and Anne-Marie Slaughter

Impact of pandemic has halted nearly 400,000 housing transactions

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

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

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

Governors seize on criticisms of president over lack of coronavirus stimulus

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

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

The pound has soared more than 2 per cent in its biggest rise since 2017 after an exit poll has projected a strong victory for Boris Johnson’s Conservative party.

More than 20m lose their jobs in April as lockdowns choke world’s largest economy

Fitch says scale of support points to the systemic importance of $55tn asset management market

Britain's new prime minister Boris Johnson has set himself a 100-day deadline to achieve Brexit, with or without a deal with the European Union. Siona Jenkins discusses his chances of achieving this with Miranda Green, deputy opinion editor, and Jim Brunsden, EU correspondent.

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Friday, March 20

Republicans in the US Senate have introduced legislation to inject more than $1tn of fiscal stimulus into the economy as it grapples with the coronavirus outbreak. Sir Paul Tucker, the former deputy governor of the Bank of England and current chair of the Systemic Risk Council, says it’s time for policymakers and bankers to prepare for a wartime setting if conditions deteriorate. Plus, the only US drugmaker that makes a potential treatment for the coronavirus raised the price nearly 100 per cent in January as the outbreak wreaked havoc in China. 

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Stimulant given as ‘likely’ reason for lower infections but authorities stress health risks

Severin Schwan unapologetic for outspoken criticism of state responses to coronavirus

Biotech group’s shares have soared this year on hopes drug could be used to treat coronavirus

Sum far exceeds $8bn fundraising target at upcoming EU-led donors’ conference

Schemes to look at cutting emissions in sectors such as transport in push to meet 2050 ‘net zero’ target

Climate campaigners say measures lack ambition to tackle crisis

One of the first large acquisitions to be agreed since coronavirus pandemic rocked global markets

First signs of severity of coronavirus pandemic on UK energy sector 

Suffolk residents cry foul as French group seeks to continue process despite lockdown  

Sterling under pressure from US-China angst and renewed Brexit concerns

Countries should avoid turning to nationalism and share the burdens

Aircraft parts manufacturers pull plug in first big deal to collapse due to coronavirus pandemic

NYSE owner did not ‘lose its mind’, says Jeffrey Sprecher

Filing opens door to potential sale of half of Virgin Group’s holding in space venture

John Malone shows his adroitness in deal between Liberty Global and Telefónica

Watchmakers press on with new releases, despite the coronavirus

In crisis mode, profits and growth matter much less than ability to ride out a downturn

Rise of volatility and dispersion was supposed to bring a change of fortunes versus passive

Companies suffer steep share-price falls while Luckin implosion highlights risks

Central bank support and rising hopes for economic reopening spark April rally

Lockdowns have elevated the sector that some analysts thought would fall furthest in a recession

Destocking is at an end and global consumption is expected to rise this year

Departure comes just weeks after Moody’s cut miner’s rating to junk