Fact check: The UK avoided recession in the last two quarters of 2024

The UK economy grew in the final quarter of 2024 (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

An MP listed a series of economic statistics in a social media post, followed by the phrase “in other words it’s a ‘recession'”.

The post read: “Buyers Remorse Anyone? UK growth 1.1% in first half of 2024, 0.1% second half. Since the election inflation up, unemployment up, growth snuffed out by big tax rises on jobs and business. In other words it’s a ‘recession’.”