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.
Nicola Sturgeon has said that today's slow economic growth figures " highlight the need for an alternative to austerity".
Ms Sturgeon called for "modest spending increases" and "investment in actions to get our economy growing faster, to get more people into jobs and to raise our revenues".
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