BLOW AS UK SLIPS INTO RISH-ESSION
Daily Star|February 16, 2024
THE UK economy has plunged into a recession.
NADEEM BADSHAH
BLOW AS UK SLIPS INTO RISH-ESSION

Gross domestic product, a major measure of economic growth, shrank 0.3% between October and December. Economists had forecast a 0.1% drop.

Tory sources branded it a "Rish-ession" which PM Rishi "Biggles" Sunak needs to tackle with a general election looming.

This story is from the February 16, 2024 edition of Daily Star.

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