Weak productivity leaves UK trailing other G7 nations

Failure to recover to pre-financial crisis levels has seen 16% gap open up between UK and fellow members

Britain's poor productivity performance before, during and after the financial crisis of a decade ago has left a gap of 16% with the other six members of the G7 group of industrial nations.

International comparisons published by the Office for National Statistics show that output per hour worked continued to lag well behind the US, Germany and France in 2015 - the last year for which data is available.

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