After a long day of cajoling fellow MPs, Tory leadership candidates may have been cheered by some unexpected economic good news. GDP rose by 0.5 per cent in May, raising the prospect that the UK can avoid a recession.
Output benefited from a large rise in activity in the health sector, with patients rushing to book GP appointments following the lifting of Covid restrictions, as well as the travel sector, as holidaymakers have tried — not always successfully — to get away.
