UK pumps €50bn into businesses during Covid-19 crisis so far

Britain’s government has underwritten £45bn (€50bn) borrowing by businesses hit by the coronavirus and spent more than £27bn so far to support jobs, finance ministry figures showed.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak walks through from the foreign office to Downing Street after the introduction of measures to bring the country out of lockdown.

Additional reporting by Eamon Quinn