Economy

As the grip of Covid eases, the UK looks set for a classic short-lived boom | Larry Elliott
Never have the opening lines of TS Eliot’s The Wasteland seemed more apt. In 2020, April really was the cruellest month, as the first wave of Covid-19 deaths peaked and businesses were shuttered. Between March and April, UK output slumped by a fifth.This year, April will be different. The success of the vaccine programme means the government can go...