Economics

U.K. Population Grew at Slowest Rate Since 2002 as Pandemic Hit

  • Almost 50,000 people left the U.K. in early months of lockdown
  • Government figures show 100,000 left London for other regions
Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg
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The U.K. population grew at its slowest pace in almost two decades last year as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic took hold.