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UK economic growth edges ahead

The British economy inched ahead in the three months to March, according to the latest revised official figures.

The figures, given in a third and final estimate by the National Statistics office, showed gross domestic product rose by 0.1% in the March quarter from the final quarter of last year, when growth had stalled. That compared with a second estimate released last month of zero quarterly growth.

National Statistics also raised its estimate of the year-on-year first-quarter growth rate to 1.1% from 1% previously, although that still left the rate at its lowest level for a decade.