In Summary
• The economy shrank 20.4 per cent compared with the first three months of the year.
• This plunged the UK into its first technical recession - defined as two straight quarters of economic decline - since 2009.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he speaks to local cyclists at the Canal Side Heritage Centre, after the government announced a new plan to get Britain cycling, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beeston near Nottingham, Britain, July 28, 2020. Rui Vieira/Pool via REUTERS
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson reacts as he speaks to local cyclists at the Canal Side Heritage Centre, after the government announced a new plan to get Britain cycling, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beeston near Nottingham, Britain, July 28, 2020. Rui Vieira/Pool via REUTERS