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More public investment and well-funded services needed to grow economy, experts warn
MORE public investment and well-funded public services are needed to grow the economy, experts warned today after the latest figures revealed a weaker than expected rise.
Figures by the Office for National Statistics for November showed a growth of 0.1 per cent after falling by the same amounts in September and October.
Most economists expected the gross domestic product (GDP) to rebound by 0.2 per cent.
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