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UK economy shrank by colossal 20.4% in April

by Associated Press
| June 12, 2020 12:03 AM

LONDON (AP) — The British economy shrank by a colossal 20.4% in April, the first full month that the country was in its coronavirus lockdown, official figures showed Friday.

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