Britain's GDP falls 20.4% in April as economy is paralysed by lockdown
by Richard Partington Economics correspondent from on (#54JQQ)
Latest figures reflect many businesses closing down and workers on placed on furlough
Britain's economy shrank by a record 20.4% in April as the first full month of the coronavirus lockdown triggered an economic crash three times greater than the 2008 financial crisis.
Revealing the scale of the downturn, the official figures for gross domestic product (GDP) from the Office for National Statistics showed no area of the economy was left unscathed as the government imposed tight controls on business and social life to limit the spread of the disease.
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