Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, said: “I’ve said before that hard times were ahead and today’s figures confirm that hard times are here." Britain has entered the deepest recession since records began as official figures on Wednesday showed the economy shrank by more than any other major nation during the coronavirus outbreak in the three months to June.

Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub

Live blog - UK falls into recession ► https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2020/aug/12/uk-gdp-slump-recession-covid-19-q2-june-business-live

Recession comparisons for UK ► https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/12/how-does-uks-covid-recession-compare-with-previous-ones

Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute

Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus

The Guardian YouTube network:

The Guardian ► http://www.youtube.com/theguardian
Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones
Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball
Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport
Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture