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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
James Moore

Can government maintain confidence as the UK economy faces renewed surge of Covid-19?

Photograph: The surprising findings suggest that the North-South divide which existed at the start of the downturn is no longer so clear cut
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his morning, Lloyds Banking Group publishes its UK sector tracker, which shows that in August a heartening 13 out of 14 recorded growth.

For the first time since February, tourism and recreation joined those in positive territory, with only transport still in a rut.

The findings are welcome, but even though the tracker also found that most of the UK’s domestic industries were outpacing their global and European benchmarks, there were signs of the recovery running out of steam. Other surveys have drawn the same conclusion. 

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