Unemployment to surpass two million for first time in over 10 years as 250,000 Brits expected to lose their jobs

BRITAIN is set to narrowly avoid recession and unemployment rates will be sent soaring amid the fallout of the Iran war. The economy will flatline in the second and third quarters, which will leave gross domestic product (GDP) rising by 0.7% over the year as a whole, down from 1.4% expansion in 2025, according to forecaster Item...