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David Cameron reportedly lobbied on behalf of Greensill

Answers demanded over claims Cameron lobbied for administration-hit Greensill

In-game footage

UK gaming market hit record £7bn in 2020 during lockdown boom, industry body says

Hand sanitisers and hygiene were big business in the pandemic (Philip Toscano/PA)

Hygiene, pet stores, outsourcers and builders – business winners from pandemic

Transport for London is considering a Government offer to extend financial support by seven weeks (Victoria Jones/PA)

Transport for London considering offer of short-term extension to bailout

Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs junior bankers condemn 98-hour working week

St Mawes in Cornwall

Cornwall overtakes London as most searched-for place to live

A Taylor Wimpey sign

Housebuilders Countryside and Taylor Wimpey warned over unfair leaseholds

Universal van

Halfords snaps up Kent-based tyre specialists for £15m

Rishi Sunak

Government borrowing hits February record to pay for Covid-19 response

A pub

Wetherspoon chalks up loss as pubs remain closed

NatWest

Treasury banks £1.1 billion in latest NatWest share sale

A shopper stares at empty shelves in a Sainsbury’s store in London after people began panic buying due to the coronavirus pandemic (Yui Mok/PA)

Dramatic change to shopping habits since first lockdown, say retail leaders

Openreach

First areas to benefit from £5 billion gigabit broadband upgrade plan announced

A pregnant office worker

400,000 single mothers ‘locked out of workplace pension saving’

More than £373 million was lost by repeat victims of fraud in the financial year 2019/20, police figures show (Tim Goode/PA)

More than £373m lost to repeat victims of fraud in 2019/20

Consumer confidence

Consumer confidence showing ‘green shoots’ of recovery

Brexit

Asda chief executive to step down following billion-pound buyout

There were £4 billion of extra cuts to public spending in the Chancellor's Budget, according to the IFS

Public services may face ‘sharp dose of austerity’ due to £4bn Budget hole – IFS