Hardest hit by the lockdown will be the cancer sufferers, the elderly, those with poor mental health, young children and those currently in utero.

Economic downturn and wider NHS disruption likely to hit health hard – especially health of most vulnerable

Worsening economic conditions and disruptions to NHS services will have …

Government support is inadequate to protect work of key charities.

Macmillan Cancer Support chief executive Lynda Thomas said the [government] support did not go far enough.

"We are deeply concerned this commitment fails to recognise the scale of the challenge," she said.

"It won't prevent many of the nation's charities …

Cath Kidston, the floral fashion brand, and Department store Debenhams is set to file for administration as the coronavirus shutdown pushes High Street retailers to breaking point.

The move will put nearly 950 jobs at risk at the company which is best-known for its brightly-coloured designs.

Debenhams, the department store …

Britain’s economy looks set for a slump that in the short term could be deeper than during the depression of the 1930s, as a survey showed the coronavirus crisis caused a record downturn among services and manufacturing firms in March.

Andrew Wishart, an economist at Capital Economics, said the …

Nearly one million people have applied for Universal Credit in just over two weeks - up from around 100,000 claims that are usually made in a fortnight.

Demand for the benefit has surged amid the coronavirus pandemic, with the nationwide lock-down forcing many people out of work or to reduce …

"Almost a fifth of all the UK's current support measures, it is feared.

According to accountancy group the Corporate Finance Network, the current coronavirus lock-down measures mean that 18 per cent of all SMEs will have to close within the next four weeks, putting around 4m people out of work …

In BBC article, University of Bristol researchers say if the economy declines on a par with what happened following the 2008 financial crash we should expect see a loss of three months of life on average across the population because of factors from declining living standards to poorer health care …

"Toby Young questions whether the drastic measures put in place now will harm us more in the future"

Toby Young approaches the question in a logical way. Read it and make up your own mind.

His article can be found in "The Critic"

Has the government overreacted to the Coronavirus …