UK

The UK economy grew at just 0.1% in the second quarter,lower than previously expected, the Office for National Statistics has announced.

UK business managers are preparing for a double-dip recession and also warn the private sector will fail to replace jobs lost to public sector cutbacks.

Standard & Poor's has maintained its AAA long-term credit rating for the UK and said the outlook remains stable, while warning GDP will be lower than forecast for the next three years.

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UK unemployment has seen the sharpest quarterly rise in over two years, with the unemployment rising 80,000 to 2.51 million, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Britain's banks are directly responsible for more than a third of the country's economic slump since September 2008, official figures show.

Britain's economy grew at 0.2% for the second quarter, according to the first revision of the data by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).