BBCNEWS BBC News At Six March 17, 2020
Crisis as the death toll reaches 71. Empty restaurants, empty bars the chancellor promises £330 billion of support including government backed loans and a business rate holiday for those hardest hit. Empty streets too as millions of britons stay at home for what could now be months theres a new mortgage payment holiday for those struggling. The coronavirus pandemic is a Public Health emergency, but it is also an economic emergency. We have never in peacetime faced an economic fight like this one. Support has been promised on a vast scale in a situation that could be worse than the financial c...