UK still in recession
The UK recession was shallower than previously thought between July and September, but the economy continued to decline, revised official figures showed today.
New estimates from the Office for national Statistics (ONS) showed a 0.3% fall in UK output in the third quarter, compared with the shock 0.4% slide originally indicated.
But the UK remained in recession in the period - its sixth successive quarter of contraction.
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