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GDP surge gives Rachel Reeves only brief respite from economic challenge

Better than expected figures could still leave chancellor needing to raise taxes or cut spending in autumn, analysts say
Chancellor Rachel Reeves

Rachel Reeves has gained only a temporary reprieve from upbeat first-quarter UK GDP data, economists warned on Thursday, as the global trade war adds to the budgetary pressure facing the chancellor this autumn.

A 0.7 per cent surge in GDP in the first three months of this year beat analyst expectations and provided a fillip to the government, given the thin margin of fiscal headroom created in the Spring Statement in March.

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