Monthly output back above pre-pandemic level as work rose 13% last year

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ONS figures show scale of construction’s recovery after toils of 2020

Monthly construction output is back above its pre-pandemic level for the first time, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Output rose 2% in December, matching the figure last achieved in February 2020 a few weeks before the country was ordered into a national lockdown by the prime minister in late March.

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