Short recession is over, as UK economy grows faster than forecast in January-March quarter. TUC: One quarter of decent growth won’t make up for 14 years of "lost living standards" 07:38 TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak says: “The UK economy has stopped shrinking.

Britain's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.6% in the first three months of 2024, ending the shallow recession it entered in the second half of last year, official figures showed on Friday.

The British economy emerged from a recession at the start of this year, growing faster than economists expected, data published on Friday showed. Gross domestic product increased 0.6 percent in the first quarter,