Economy

Economy

• Rising fuel costs drive UK inflation to 0.7 in March

  The cost of living rose to 0.7% in March, from 0.4% in February, as fuel, transport and clothes prices increased.

• Under-35s bearing brunt of jobs crisis

  Some 635,000 people under 35 came off company payrolls in the year to March, official figures show.

• Bank of England to consider digital money plan

  The Bank and the Treasury set up a taskforce to examine how a central bank digital currency would work.

• Shoppers making 'revenge purchases' flock back to High Street

  Shoppers flocked back to the High Street last week to treat themselves after non-essential stores reopened.

• Reopening: Prime minister 'must stick' to indoor dining dates

  Leaders of the UK's biggest hospitality firms sign an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.