Our panellists explore how the economy might recover from one of the after-effects of the pandemic – increased debt.

Companies have borrowed from the government and the banks, businesses and households owe rent and mortgage arrears, and some people will have maxed out their credit cards to get by. How can the debt hangover be resolved, so those affected – and the economy – can recover and indeed ‘build back better’?

Arun Advani (Warwick), Kate Collyer (Financial Conduct Authority) and Gemma Tetlow (Institute for Government) are in discussion with the Independent’s Economics editor Anna Isaac.