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Britain's economy performed better than expected in the second quarter as it weathered the impact of US tariffs and a higher UK business tax, official data showed Thursday.

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The figure was stronger than the 0.1 per cent level widely expected by economists

GDP figure slower than previous quarter but beats expectations thanks to 0.4% expansion in June

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the figures ‘show that the economy beat expectations’

A surge for Admiral and Aviva was today offset by falls for ex-dividend stocks HSBC and BP as the FTSE 100 index failed to benefit from the UK’s GDP surprise.

Labour’s second year in power will be focused on ‘building a stronger economy for a renewed Britain’, the Chancellor said.

Increasing tariffs on foreign goods and the impact of deportations on the work force cited as job growth slows in Texas.

Too often in discussions about productivity, the care economy only gets mentioned as the problem child putting a drag on growth. This week, the Productivity Commission is seeking to change that narrative with the release of its fifth and final report ahead of the government’s economic reform roundtable next week.