Friday, May 13, 2011

Fresh fears for UK economy as Germany and France power ahead

Fresh fears have been raised about the health of Britain's moribund economy after the twin giants of the eurozone – Germany and France – posted rapid growth in the first three months of the year.Prompting fresh calls from Labour for an easing of the government's austerity programme, figures showed that Germany, Europe's biggest economy, expanded by 1.5% between January and March and has recovered all the ground lost in the global slump of 2008-9. France grew by an unexpectedly strong

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