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Nine Things You Need To Know About The UK's Latest GDP Growth Figures

GDP Figures: 9 Things You Need To Know
Asa Bennett
LEEDS, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during a visit to AW Hainsworth and Sons on October 25, 2013 in Leeds, England. Official GDP statistics have shown a 0.8% rise in UK economic output, which the chancellor has described as showing that the 'country is on the path to prosperity'. (Photo by Nigel Roddis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
LEEDS, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 25: British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne during a visit to AW Hainsworth and Sons on October 25, 2013 in Leeds, England. Official GDP statistics have shown a 0.8% rise in UK economic output, which the chancellor has described as showing that the 'country is on the path to prosperity'. (Photo by Nigel Roddis - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Britain's economy grew by 0.7% in the final quarter of 2013, capping off a year that saw 1.9% annual growth in total.

But Vince Cable warned it is the wrong sort of recovery, breaking ranks with the coalition who would argue that it proves their economic strategy is working.

HuffPostUK has pulled out the nine things that you need to know about the latest growth figures - and many of them will not make pleasant reading for chancellor George Osborne.

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