The UK economy contracted by 0.2% in the first quarter of the year, meaning it has slipped back into technical recession, preliminary estimates from the Office for National Statistics show.
Any figure below 0% would have put the UK firmly in double-dip territory following growth of -0.3% in the final quarter of 2011. Consecutive quarters of negative GDP is commonly taken to mean an...
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