The worst week for Britain’s economy laid bare – in five charts

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The worst week for Britain’s economy laid bare – in five charts
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The pandemic has engulfed Britain in a recession the likes of which the nation has never seen. These charts show the damage it is wreaking 📈👇

Britain’s economy suffered its worst week on record as data published in the past five days showed the full extent of the astonishing collapse in GDP at the height of the lockdown in April.Surge in unemployment benefit claims More than 850,000 people signed up for unemployment benefits in April.Back in 1947, fierce winter snows and floods froze chunks of the economy solid. This time it is the coronavirus lockdown wreaking havoc.

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