Coronavirus: Government agrees emergency funding deal with Bank

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The UK government is set to borrow billions of pounds from its emergency Bank of England overdraft to finance the fight against Covid-19.

The government will draw money from the Bank’s “ways and means” facility to help workers and businesses.

It has not used the facility since the financial crisis.

While it is controversial for a central bank to hand cash directly…

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