GDP figures

Quarterly growth of 0.5% puts the UK in pole position to be the fastest growing G7 economy in 2014.

Our economy is growing because we Liberal Democrats have anchored economic policy in the centre ground. In 2010 the last Labour government bequeathed the Country a bankrupt economy.

We’ve driven through a host of Lib Dem inspired measures including income tax cuts for millions of working people, cutting the deficit fairly, boosting apprenticeships and investing in regional and local projects to rebalance the economy.

Today’s figures represent solid progress, especially with many of our key markets still suffering from economic problems.

And here in B&NES the Lib Dem Council has adopted the same policy of investing in apprenticeships and driving forward economic regeneration in the digital and creative industries.