Finding suitable childcare is an issue that we know makes many of the FT Money Show listeners bawl so we've invited someone onto the show to try to make sense of it. Today's lead guest on the FT Money Show, Izabella Kaminska, was so struck by the financial complexity of working out the costs of hiring a nanny - from tax, to organising a pension and accounting for various extras - she decided to write about her experiences. On this week's podcast Izzy talks to presenter Claer Barrett about the true costs of childcare.

Plus, we discuss what makes a person more at risk of being scammed.

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Join our campaign for clear pension charges - FT Money has been exploring the impossibility of comparing the costs of drawdown plans. The FT is calling on the pensions and advise industry to be transparent about charges to help people to shop around. In this week's show, FT Money Show presenter Claer Barrett interviews o the FT's pensions expert about our campaign. Next up, the spread of the coronavirus has given world stock markets a nasty turn - FT Moneys' new investment reporter, Madison Darbyshire, talks about how investors are reacting. And finally, to cheer listeners up a bit - James Max, our Rich People's Problems columnist is here to discuss a burning issue - the government's proposed ban on coal fires. 

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It's been a week of shock and awe for UK investors. Wednesday started with an emergency interest rate cut from the BoE. New chancellor Rishi Sunak then delivered a Budget full of emergency "first aid" measures to help workers, the self employed and small businesses survive the crisis - and some very unexpected news for wealthy pension savers. And in the meantime - stock markets around the world continue to experience deep falls as central banks work out how to respond to the coronavirus.

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Rwanda’s president says continent needs at least $100bn in foreign support to weather shock

Coronavirus package aims to protect economy and fend off looming hunger crisis

Plea for increased humanitarian help has gone unanswered and funding is set to be cut further

Use of community health workers to identify cases draws heavily on experience battling tuberculosis and HIV

Wales is getting it right on job creation if you ask me and Aston Martin

Other people’s working lives are endlessly interesting — always something to learn

Olga Zoutendijk’s appointment as chair of ABN Amro is a landmark, and the bank is better for it

Death toll falls in part because of sharp decline in New York state

John Ratcliffe testifies at confirmation hearing held under social distancing rules

Vice-president makes suggestion even as number of deaths across the country spikes

Democratic candidate wrestles with new realities as he tries to close cash gap with Trump

English football’s top division wrote to US government over Saudi’s alleged illegal screening of matches

High Court rules some allegations against Associated Newspapers should be struck out

Proposed deal would create strong UK competitor to challenge BT

David Rhodes to report to Rebekah Brooks as group seeks to challenge BBC’s broadcast dominance

Entertainment group scraps dividend as executives promise it will weather storm

About 2m businesspeople thought to be ineligible for existing coronavirus support schemes

Politicians say properties are being classed as holiday lets to be eligible for grants

Claer Barrett and Daniel Thomas hear readers’ experiences of accessing job retention scheme 

Mel Stride, former Treasury minister, calls for help for business owners who pay themselves in dividends

Finance minister also says companies cannot pay dividends while receiving government money 

Litigation battles, fear turns to lawsuits, and a data security flaw

Smart speakers don’t yet have the skills to

A move to donate universal benefits to charity could turn up the political heat  

But why didn’t the chancellor go the whole hog and scrap the tax taper altogether?

Her bestselling novel showed South Korea’s everyday sexism — and struck a chord around the region

The ‘Mick Jagger of microbes’ on a life of fighting disease — and the severity of the current crisis

The Wall Street strategist talks about debt, lessons from losing his hearing — and his latest predictions for the world

Group has halted work at number of mines due to pandemic

How has modern Ireland changed the way it views the events that took place in Dublin 100 years ago?

Doyen of radio cricket commentary will hang up his microphone in September

Pandemic puts more pressure on Masayoshi Son’s bet on beleaguered WeWork

President acts as though Latin America’s second-largest economy is immune to pandemic

Oil price collapse and crumbling health system put Latin American nation at risk

Flashpoint between Brazil’s populist leader and political establishment over response to virus

Region’s ‘Pink tide’ leaders see chance of revival as inequality and public health concerns take centre stage

Dismissal of Luiz Henrique Mandetta follows feud over how to tackle coronavirus

Officials’ barbs come at a precarious time for Latin American country

Approval ratings for the billionaire president have more than doubled

Work dries up under lockdown but returning home could be more perilous than staying put

Tareck El-Aissami has little experience — and a $10m US bounty on his head

Revised terms draw support from some creditors in key test before government debt crunch

Former prime minister intervenes with warning that both Tories and Labour ‘pose a risk’ to country, Conservative manifesto in the spotlight, Lib Dems change tune with calls to avert Johnson majority, Sterling rallies as Tories extend lead.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Live coverage of the UK election campaign.

Tokyo’s Topix dropped 2.5% at the open, taking the benchmark index down more than 30% for the year. The move followed S&P 500 index's collapse of 12 per cent on Monday, marking the biggest one-day fall since the crash of October 1987.