Fragility of UK recovery highlighted by poor GDP figures

Focus now should be on returning furloughed staff back to regular employment, not making them more expensive to hire by increasing taxes. The UK economy eked out just 0.1% growth in the month of July after 1.5% growth in June – far lower than consensus expectations of 0.6%. This took the rolling three-month growth rate down from 4.8% to 3.6%, raising questions over the strength of the recovery.