GDP rise of only 0.1% weaker than expected, with number of people dining out falling
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Britain’s economic recovery had almost come to a halt even before the onset of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19, official figures have shown.
The Office for National Statistics said in October – the first month after the end of the government’s furlough scheme – output grew by only 0.1%.
