The recession is a direct result of lockdown which was not necessary. Boris and his government imposed the lockdown, he is responsible for this disaster.
See https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/05/15/we-could-open-up-again-and-forget-the-whole-thing/
spiked-online.com ‘We could open up again and forget the whole thing’ Epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski on the deadly consequences of lockdown.