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Coalition still struggling to take credit for recovery

This week’s second estimate of GDP looks set to confirm that the UK economy was the fastest growing G7 economy in the third quarter. But the Government’s shortfall in the opinion polls suggests that it is still struggling to take much of the credit for the economy’s resurgence. Accordingly, the Chancellor faces a tough balancing act between addressing both the fiscal deficit and his party’s electoral deficit at the Autumn Statement on 5th December. 

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