GDP Growth over the past 12 months:
Figures can be found here – incidentally, the more countries you add in, the worse it looks. Only Greece, Portugal and Cyprus are growing slower than the UK.
Mark Ferguson
Mark Ferguson is the Labour MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, and was the editor of LabourList from 2010 to 2015.
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