UK GDP in first quarter shows biggest drop since 1979
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy shrank by the most since 1979 in early 2020, according to figures on Tuesday that included the first few days of the coronavirus lockdown.The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product dropped by a quarterly 2.2% in the first three months of 2020, below the median forecast in a Reuters poll of economists for a fall of 2.0%.Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out his plan to speed up the British economy's recovery later on Tuesday when he..