Strong growth in the services sector helped the UK to continue to emerge from last year's recession.

The UK’s economy grew by 0.6% between April and June as it continued its recovery from the recession at the end of last year.

The latest figure was in line with forecasts and follows a 0.7% increase in the first three months of this year.

Growth was led by the services sector, in particular the IT industry, legal services and scientific research. Services are the biggest contributor to the UK’s economy, far outstripping manufacturing and construction, both of which saw output fall between April and June.

  • KryptonBlurEnglish
    16•3 months ago

    I mean if everyday things like food and rent are still too expensive then it’s not really recovering. I don’t really see how the pursuit of endless growth can possibly be good for regular people.

    • @CheeseNoodleEnglish
      4•3 months ago

      Exactly this, wake me up when the cost of living increases stop greatly outpacing wages.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•3 months ago

    I want to know why the government still isn’t bringing out the big guns like Mr Blobby to inspire the nation back into prosperity.