'The longest movie spoiler in history': UK economy pays 'spectacular' price for slow lockdown

'Long and painful' road to recovery

Lauren Mason
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Today's GDP figures revealing the UK’s output shrank by more than 20% in Q2 shows "the heavy price the UK has paid" for being slower than its European peers to enter a lockdown, according to several investment professionals, who have said that while the figures are "spectacular", they are unsurprising.

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