The UK economy shrank by 0.7% in the second quarter of the year, a far worse contraction than economists had forecast, keeping the UK mired in recession.
The first reading of the data from the Office for National Statistics showed a quarter on quarter fall much greater than the 0.2% contraction analysts had expected. It will come as a serious blo...
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