Just 6% of UK public 'want a return to pre-pandemic economy'

Exclusive: Poll comes as 350 union, business and religious leaders issue call for fair and green recovery

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Only 6% of the public want to return to the same type of economy as before the coronavirus pandemic, according to new polling, as trade unions, business groups and religious and civic leaders unite in calling for a fairer financial recovery.

The former head of the civil service Bob Kerslake, the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the heads of the Trades Union Congress, Confederation of British Industry and the British Chambers of Commerce are among 350 influential figures wanting a fairer and greener" economic rebuilding, and believe there is no going back to the past.