UK productivity gap widens to worst level since records began

Growing gulf means UK workers produce significantly less per hour than G7 average

Britain's poor productivity record has been highlighted by government figures showing the biggest gap with other leading western economies since modern records began in the early 1990s.

Output per hour worked in the UK was 18 percentage points below the average for the remaining six members of the G7 group of industrial nations in 2014, the Office for National Statistics said.

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