The UK economy grew by 0.3% during the first quarter of 2015, the Office for National Statistics said today. The pace of growth was half the 0.6% rate seen in the final quarter of 2014 and the weakest quarterly growth since the end of 2012.
The Chancellor George Osborne has insisted that it's good news that the economy is growing, even though the latest figures are half as strong as at the end of 2014.
ITV News Economics Editor Richard Edgar spoke to George Osborne this morning:
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