Industry positive British economy will improve by this time next year

‘We finally have the much-needed certainty to move forwards’

Isabel Baxter
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Most advisers are positive that Britain will be in a better economic position this time next year, a Professional Adviser poll has shown.

Our latest PA Asks results showed that 55.8% of respondents think the UK will be in a better economic position, whilst 21.2% said no and 23.1% said they do not know. One pundit said: "The seeds of recovery had been planted some time ago so Labour will reap the results!" Sharing a similar view, another said that the recovery had already started with the outlook looking better pre-election. "We finally have the much-needed certainty to move forwards," another added. There will be an initial boost to the economy by additional spending by the new Labour government, one industry resp...

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