Britain’s economy shrank by a record 20.4% between April and June, when the coronavirus lockdown was tightest, the largest contraction reported by any major economy so far, according to official figures published on Wednesday.The data also showed the world’s sixth-biggest economy entered a recession as it shrank for a second quarter in a row.
Britain rolls out new mask rules as Europe copes with coronavirus uptick There were signs of a recovery in the month of June alone when gross domestic product grew by 8.7% from May, the Office for National Statistics said.That was just above economists’ average expectation in a Reuters poll for an 8% rise.