August GDP data from ONS gives strong signal that UK is entering recession

Britain’s economy shrank by 0.3% in August from July, hit by weakness in manufacturing and by maintenance work that slowed the oil and gas sector, official data showed on Wednesday.

A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to zero growth in August.

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