Economic growth (GDP)
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International Labour Organisation finds in three years to 2013 UK wages fared worse than most of the eurozone’s crisis hit economies
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Andrew Sparrow’s rolling coverage of all the reaction to the 2014 autumn statement, including George Osborne’s interviews and the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ briefings
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Chancellor’s plan could require cuts to police, local government and justice amounting to a further £60bn by 2019-20
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Office for Budget Responsibility expecting higher growth of 3% and 2.4% this year and next, but it will fall to 2.2% in 2016
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Firms report hiring more staff to cope with a rise in workloads as business grows much higher than City forecasts
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George Osborne says economy will grow by 3% this year but is still concerned by the size of the budget deficit
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All you need to know about the main measures in chancellor George Osborne’s 2014 autumn statement
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Chancellor George Osborne will present his latest spending and saving plans alongside new forecasts for the economy on Wednesday. Here are six key graphs to see before he delivers his autumn statement
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Building companies will look for projects to be announced in chancellor’s autumn statement as subcontractor prices rise
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Questions over whether Labour’s plans would have suffered from eurozone crisis and oil prices in same way – but Alastair Darling also expected private investment return
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Factory activity beats City expectations with growth rate reaching fastest pace since July
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Chancellor’s extra NHS cash is equivalent to rummaging down the back of the sofa for change to feed the electricity meter
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Andrew Rawnsley: The chancellor’s failure to meet his deficit targets leaves him with no money to hand out pre-election bribes
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William Keegan: The deficit has not been eliminated. Depressed living standards are barely rising. This is not ‘job done’, but a record of failure
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Letters: The programme would help make the UK’s 30m buildings super-energy-efficient, dramatically reducing energy bills, fuel poverty and greenhouse gas emissions
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Union body blames low-wage economy and lack of earnings growth means government is collecting £17bn less than forecast this year
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Examine the latest immigration rise and you see those entering Britain are highly skilled, educated and fuelling the economy
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Letters: The UK economy, and it’s workforce, needs to increase productivity if it is to generate the wealth necessary to compete with the countries that rank above us in GDP per capita
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Second estimate of UK GDP shows trade deficit up and business investment down
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Juncker infrastructure plan offers too little, too late – but at least EC president recognises austerity is the problem
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Analysis GDP: what the economists say
Third-quarter growth was reliant on services and household spending, the data shows, while investment and exports fell. Economists give their verdicts
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Britain’s economy grew by 0.7% in the third quarter, but the detail in the data suggest the recovery remained reliant on the consumer while business investment fell unexpectedly
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Falling investment and exports allied with largely static industrial output affirms concerns that recovery is dependent on consumer
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The rebalancing of the economy is still a long way off with export growth feeble despite a much-depreciated sterling
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UK job market has changed permanently due to financial crisis, Mark Carney tells Treasury select committee
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Thinktank says strong growth to be driven by high job creation, private consumption and investment
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Price freeze will dent profitability of business and professional services as competition limits inflationary pressures
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Business leader: the PM has taken an us-and-them approach to problems in the world economy. But the UK is a key participant in the system
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Larry Elliott: George Osborne talks of investing in transport to carry people out of poverty, but the money has to be made available, and not just in the south-east
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London Pride maker takes £162m in six months to 27 September as London’s economy is set to outstrip rest of UK
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Larry Elliott: The state of the public finances means that the chancellor is not in any position to make pre-election giveaways at the autumn statement next month
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Letters: Could Britain now take the lead in a steady-state revolution with zero economic growth?
Analysis George Osborne’s plan may not be set in stone, but it still spells deep cuts