UK ‘still at risk of technical recession’ despite economy returning to growth in November – business live

Several economists are warning that the UK could have slid into a technical recession at the end of last year, even though the economy grew by 0.3% in November.

Britian would be in a technical recession if growth contracted in October-December for the second quarter running.

A technical recession would be a blow to the government ahead of the next election, even though the ONS are arguing that…