Lockdown has pushed the UK economy into its steepest recession ever

Published: Aug. 12, 2020, 10:52 a.m.

From the BBC World Service: Restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered shops and halted factory and construction activity in the U.K. This contributed to the first British recession in 11 years. Plus, a look at why, historically, more women have not been able to rise to the top of U.S. politics.