1852: 5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 23rd April 2020

Britain is in the midst of its deepest downturn in peacetime a Reuters poll of economists found, while an expected recovery in the second half is already in jeopardy. According to the median forecast in the poll of nearly 80 economists, gross domestic product will contract 13.1% this quarter, which would be the biggest quarterly drop since World War Two.