UK GDP growth better than expected in Brexit vote aftermath

ONS figures strengthen argument that Treasury and others miscalculated economic impact of vote, but still point to lopsided economy

Britain's economy grew faster than previously thought in the three months after the EU referendum, underlining the miscalculations by the Treasury and other forecasters who predicted that the UK would suffer a recession following a vote for Brexit.

Official figures showed GDP growth in the third quarter rose by 0.6%, compared with initial estimates of 0.5%.

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