Blow for Rishi Sunak as revised GDP figures show economy in reverse
by Archie Mitchell and Adam Forrest
Dec 22, 2023
2 minutes
Rishi Sunak suffered a blow as revised figures showed the UK economy performing worse than previously thought, shrinking between July and September.
The prime minister made growing the economy one of his five key pledges to voters at the start of the year.
In fresh setback to the Tory leader’s, the official statistics watchdog downgraded its estimates of Britain’s economic performance this year.
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