The government borrowed £103.7 billion over April and May to prop up the economy under lockdown.Nationwide, one of the country’s biggest mortgage providers, has said it won’t lend to new customers with less than a 15% deposit.The government made a U-turn yesterday, announcing that it would extend the free school meals scheme across the summer holidays.But there are now 600,000 fewer people on payroll than in March.This morning, shops across the UK are welcoming their first customers in almost 3 months.UK gross domestic product (GDP) plummeted 20.4% in April - the largest monthly fall on record by a long, long way.CityFibre has announced a three-year scheme to recruit 10,000 people to the projectPeople are buying homes again, bringing the number of sales in England back to normal pre-lockdown levels.Retired people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are £3,350 worse off per year than white pensioners the same age.Two separate studies came out over the weekend finding that black and minority ethnic people have been hardest hit financially by coronavirus.Chanel, Greggs, and Tottenham Hotspur are all among the companies who’ve borrowed millions via the Bank of England’s covid corporate financing facility (CCFF) to stay afloat.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned we’ll see high levels of unemployment as a result of coronavirus. 
