British businesses endured their worst downturn since mid-2016 in the run-up to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's landslide election victory last week, according to a survey published on Monday.
The Purchasing Managers' Indexes says both the services and manufacturing sectors experienced a contraction for the third time in the past four months.
Benji Hyer reports from London.
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