The fight to save lives turned into the battle to save livelihoods as the coronavirus outbreak continues.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak joined the prime minister at the second of the regular news conferences to say what the government will do and spend whatever it takes to keep the economy going during the coronavirus crisis.
The measures to help collapsing businesses come to well over £3 million – that’s more than double the initial cost of bailing out the banks during the financial crisis.
And the scale of this continues crisis is being reflected.
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