UK economic recovery slows sharply as GDP grows by 1.3%

Surging infection rates, the pingdemic', rising prices and supply constraints put the brakes on growth

Britain's recovery from its third Covid-19 lockdown slowed sharply over the summer as the economy's growth was hit by rising infection rates, the pingdemic and global supply shortages.

Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that national output expanded by 1.3% in the three months to September, leaving it still more 2.1% below its pre-crisis level in the fourth quarter of 2019.