UK economic growth slows to 0.2%

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The UK economy continued to recover from recession in the first three months of the year, according to official estimates.GDP grew by 0.2% between January and March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

That was weaker than the 0.4% growth predicted by many economists, but the figure is likely to be revised.

The last quarter of 2009 saw GDP growth of 0.4% - revised up from an initial estimate of 0.1%.

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