UK recovery stronger than thought in 2011 - 2013

London

BRITAIN'S economy recovered more strongly than previously thought between 2011 and 2013, a time when fears were rife that government austerity plans were pushing the country back into recession, according to revised official figures.

Releasing an annual review of British growth data, the Office for National Statistics said that Britain's economy regained its pre-crisis size in the second quar…