Financial Times

‘Banks act to stifle home loan boom’ is the headline on the Financial Times, referring to attempts to ease the rush of buyers taking advantage of the stamp duty holiday.

The Financial Times leads with Chancellor Rishi Sunak promising to hand out what it says is roughly £11bn in jobs support over six months to hopefully prevent mass redundancies.Read more on this story here.

The Financial Times reports that sterling has rallied over the news that Brexit talks will start again next week, in the hope a deal can be made.

Eurozone governments are approaching £1 trillion in defecits as they struggle with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, reports the Financial Times.

The Financial Times leads on a warning that further economic woes lie ahead due to the pandemic.

The Financial Times goes with Brexit and the government’s decision to call off trade talks scheduled for next week.

The Financial Times says Boris Johnson is expected on Friday to try to force Brexit trade talks to a moment of crisis.

Austerity measures are not inevitable to restore public finances after the coronavirus pandemic, the IMS has said, according to the Financial Times.

The Financial Times says the prime minister is under mounting pressure to impose a short national lockdown after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer called for a “circuit breaker”.

The Financial Times leads with the Tory backlash over Boris Johnson’s shift to tougher anti-COVID measures.