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

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

IR35 rules demanding companies check their contractors’ HMRC status are flawed and unfair, say Lords

Disputes backlog in ‘under-resourced’ lower court reached 27,280 last quarter

Deans come out against government plan to cut senior executive courses from workplace training scheme

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

Better education about retirement benefits is crucial at any age

Couples share how they divide their incomes and outgoings — and joint accounts are falling out of favour

Savvy shoppers game the system to collect the maximum amount of points

Whether renting a flat or applying for a loan, you will probably need the help of a homeowner

The next government should meddle less and encourage more of us to save

Big reforms are needed to tackle substantial problems well beyond the cost 

Ahead of the Budget, chancellor Sajid Javid has some tough choices to make

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

Readers say they fall between the cracks of government support schemes

The investigative journalist on #MeToo and the perils of taking on the powerful

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

The Polish novelist on confronting history and her battles with the nationalist right

The former Goldman chief executive on the crash, the criticism — and sparring with Bernie Sanders

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

US liberals’ favourite TV host on polarisation, the primaries and staying sane

The economist has long argued that governments should spend whatever it takes. Has her time now come?

The Lancet editor on Britain’s response to coronavirus — and being labelled a pariah

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

Pentwater Capital calls for boardroom change in vehicle developing Oyu Tolgoi

Restrictions in nation that processes 90% of world’s stones upend global industry 

Prime minister escalates dispute over Canada-listed group’s licence

One of the remotest islands on earth is getting an airport — and that could change everything

Golfers need no reminding of their fallibility, especially on the back nine at Augusta

A fascinatingly detailed history one of the world’s great scholarly projects

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

Geography is destiny in this historical meditation on the peculiarities of the English

The pursuit of novelty is leading to ever-shorter forms of the game

Global property portals report big increases in Chinese inquiries

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

Landlords reject call for 50% reduction, saying hotel group is using Covid-19 crisis to cut costs

An occupied home has utility no empty shop can match

Health and beauty chain cites ‘unprecedented decline’ in footfall

Company says it will be ‘several years’ before revenues return to 2019 levels

The need for an effective fight against coronavirus trumps other considerations

Maduro regime rejects latest Washington plan despite fears of humanitarian catastrophe from Covid-19

All attempts to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power have failed

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

Tensions escalate between president and the speaker of Congress’s lower house over response to coronavirus 

Sérgio Moro was the face of nation’s long-running ‘Car Wash’ anti-corruption probe

Justice minister’s departure raises risk of yet another impeachment in Latin America’s largest democracy

Finance minister Paulo Guedes has had his liberal economic agenda sidelined by emergency measures

Former justice minister had accused president of political interference in police work

David Enrich’s salutary tale of Deutsche Bank’s overreaching ambitions

President Macri asks for early disbursement of funds as refinancing worries grow