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Children on swings

Childcare costs rising and families left struggling, says report

20% of parents have experienced financial difficulties during the pandemic, a report shows

More than a quarter of parents ‘expect their finances to get worse’

A woman looks at an online shopping website on a laptop (John Stillwell/PA)

Retail sales rebound in February as shoppers buy online

Rishi Sunak

‘Significant risks’ over lack of post-Covid spending plans – OBR warns

London Stock Exchange

FTSE 100 lags behind European peers despite strong performance

Liberty Steel

Worries over steel jobs as lender Greensill appoints administrators

Andrew Bailey took the job as the UK's top banker just before the pandemic crisis started (Tolga Akmen/PA)

Economic scars could be fewer than in past recessions – Bank of England chief

Cattle

Morrisons pledges to switch to net zero British meat, eggs and veg in a decade

Shoe Zone now has 430 stores across the UK

Boot fills Foot’s boots as Shoe Zone finance boss

The Aston Martin badge

Aston Martin to build electric cars in UK from 2025

Pearson

Pearson to overhaul strategy after pandemic hits sales

A Deliveroo rider

Deliveroo reveals £224m loss as it nears London stock market float

Island Poke

Island Poke plots new restaurant openings after investment deal

Models of a man and a women on coins and banknotes

Women ‘face working nearly 40 years longer than men to reach pensions parity’

Jane Austen on the reverse of a £10 note

Calls for more women to appear on banknotes

China Congress

Chinese exports surge as global demand recovers from virus

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaking during a news conference

Yellen says Congress needs to ‘go big’ for relief package

People queue outside a Tesco Extra store

Tesco responds to shareholder demands for healthier food sales