Coronavirus: pound plummets amid pandemic crisis

Sterling slumps to lowest level against the dollar in more than three decades

Rishi Sunak
Chancellor ready to bail out big businesses to save jobs in the UK
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The value of the pound has plunged as fears about the coronavirus pandemic trigger a mass sell-off and shake global financial markets.

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