Sunak hails ‘promising sign’ as April reopening sees fastest GDP growth since last summer

Sunak hails ‘promising sign’ as April reopening sees fastest GDP growth since last summer

Britain's economy grew by 2.3% in April as the high street and hospitality sector reopened, official figures show.

That meant that GDP was a record 27.6% larger compared with the same month last year when the nation was in the grip of the first coronavirus lockdown.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak hailed it as a "promising sign that our economy is beginning to recover".