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CHANCELLOR RISHI SUNAK HAS SAID HE IS "DEEPLY TROUBLED" BY AN EARLIER OBR REPORT CLAIMING THAT THE BRITISH ECONOMY COULD SHRINK BY 35% IF THE CORONAVIRUS LOCKDOWN LASTS THREE
MONTHS. Speaking at the government's daily briefing, Sunak added "it is going to be hard and the economy is going to take a significant hit” but that it can "bounce
back". It comes as coronavirus deaths in the UK have passed 12,000 after 778 more people died in the last 24 hours. A total of 12,107 have now died from the virus in the UK. But chief
scientific advisor Sir Patrick Vallance has said that hospital admissions are “stabilising and plateauing” as a result of social distancing measures. Follow our latest coronavirus live blog
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