UK economy grows by 0.6% in first quarter, ONS data shows

Britain's economic output grew by a stronger-than-expected 0.6% in the three months to March after entering a mild recession in the second half of last year, data from the Office for National Statistics showed on Friday.

A Reuters poll of economists had pointed to a 0.4% expansion of gross domestic product in the January-to-March period.

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