Retail sales in 2020 fall at fastest level in 23 years – ONS

UK retail sales volumes increased in December as stores were allowed to reopenbriefly, following the end of the second national lockdown in England, newfigures show.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said retail salesvolumes rose 0.3% last month compared with November.

However, the ONS saidestimates of quantity bought in 2020 fell by 1.9% in the largest year-on-yearfall since records began in 1997.