The UK is on course to complete a less than winning five-year streak of lost economic growth since 2019, with a widening gap between prosperous and less well-off areas.
In its latest quarterly outlook, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has also put the risk of the Government fighting a General Election during a recession at 60%.
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