The Confederation of British Industry's industrial orders balance - measuring the proportion of firms reporting order volumes above or below normal - rose to +17 from -8 in April.
Overall output growth over the past three months was the highest since December 2018 and represented the first material growth in almost two years, the CBI said.
The number of deaths was down from the 181 recorded on Thursday, and cases was also down from 6,753. A total of 125,343 people have now died with the virus under the 28-day measurement.
"It's probably right to think more about trajectories of debt levels, building resilience for future shocks and the affordability of that debt," Sunak told parliament's Treasury Committee.
Sunak's budget plan included no new budget rules which previous governments have set to show investors how they plan to bring down debt.
The corporate tax increase in 2023 will derail some of those expectations. The UK economy is expected to have explosive growth in 2022, but then quickly return to trend in 2023 at 1.7%, which is when the economy will face higher taxes."
"The positive impact the spending pledges has on growth has been somewhat offset by concerns of fiscal consolidation later down the line.
Britain left the EU at the end of January last year, but kept its full access to the 27-nation bloc's single market until the end of 2020, when it was replaced by a trade agreement.
For the EU on average, the exit of the UK from the European Union on Free Trade Agreement terms is estimated to generate an output loss of around 0.5% of GDP by the end of 2022, and some 2.25% point for the UK.