Britain's battered economy piles pressure on Osborne

Depressing new data shows that Britain's economy has again sunk into recession, writes Ben Griffiths in London.

George Osborne: the British chancellor has come under fire for his approach to fixing the economy. Photo: Getty
George Osborne: the British chancellor has come under fire for his approach to fixing the economy. Photo: Getty

On a wet April day when torrential downpours soaked much of Britain, the country was declared to have fallen back into recession - the first so-called "double dip" since the 1970s.

It was apt that last Wednesday's rainfall coincided with news of the disappointing figures from the Office for National Statistics hitting City dealing rooms. The official ...