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<p>UK GDP fell 7.2% between the first quarter of 2008 and the third quarter of 2009.
Of the G7 economies Japan was the only one that had a deeper recession, and the depth
of UK recession was almost twice that of the US.</p><p>Thanks to the government's
long term economic plan, since the trough of the recession the UK has grown faster
than France, Italy, Spain and the euro area as a whole. In the year to the first quarter
of 2014 the UK grew faster than any other G7 economy, the deficit has fallen by over
a third as a share of GDP since 2009-10 and there are more people in work than ever
before. But the job is not yet done and the biggest risk now to the recovery would
be abandoning the plan that is delivering a brighter economic future.</p><p> </p><p>
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