BRITAIN’s economy is expected to drop back into recession after official figures showed yesterday that it had shrunk as a result of stricter coronavirus restrictions being imposed towards the end of last year.

The Office for National Statistics said that gross domestic product (GDP) had declined by 2.6 per cent month on month in November.

GDP at the end of November, when England was in its second lockdown, was 8.5 per cent below the pre-pandemic peak.