UK economy faces longer and slower recovery from Covid

Data shows we have passed the worst of the crisis in terms of damage to jobs and growth

How the coronavirus crisis has hit the UK's economic outlook

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The British economy is showing the first signs of emerging from the worst of the economic damage triggered by the coronavirus pandemic but is heading for a longer and slower recovery than previously anticipated, according to a Guardian analysis.

As the government gradually begins to lift controls on business and social life, economic developments in the past few weeks suggest the UK has now passed the moment of maximum damage for jobs and growth.