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of manufacturing industry its strongest quarter for nearly four years, that ONS said the British economy grew by 0.8% in the first quarter rose by 1.3%, 2014, according to the latest figures.

It marked the fifth consecutive period of GDP growth - the longest streak of positive since the financial crisis.

Gross domestic product is a measure of economic activity in a country, including all were, and services in a given period produced.

The Office for national statistics (ONS) also said that the economy is less than peak 2008 today 0.6%.

Chancellor George Osborne, said the Tuesday figure showed that "Britain returns", but that the recovery could not be taken for granted.

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Originally posted at the end "the great recession is still on track, but the foundations for a broad base of recovery are now available," he added.

"The biggest threat to the economic security would be to abandon the plan, which these foundations is laying."

Shadow Ed Balls Chancellor, that despite the positive growth figure, "millions of hard-working people feel still no recovery at all".

He added "now, where growth finally has returned, the question is whether the ordinary working people seizing the feels are, we have a balanced recovery that is built to last".

"Solid not spectacular"

First growth estimate the ONS a slight increase for the quarter on 0.7% for the last quarter of 2013 and an increase of 3.1% compared with the same period a year ago is recorded.

But many had expected, that it even higher, at 0.9%.

"While this number has missed something according to estimates, the general feeling is still a force in the United Kingdom", said Jeremy Cook, Chief Economist at currency broker world first.

Storms and flooding this year, little impact on the GDP figure had said the ONS

"In fact this is the kind of news that the economy needs - solid, but not sensational."

UK manufacturing was one of the strongest performers in the latest figures with output growth of 1.3%, the ONS said, its strongest quarter for nearly four years.

And in the services sector, which includes everything from hotels and leisure, accountants, accounting for almost all of the total quarterly growth rose by 0.9%.

Read the most important storywindow. uk_growth_graph_version = '11'; Construction output, which 0.3% increased, due to the storms and high rainfall in January and February was affected, said the ONS.

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The speech by quarterly growth accelerate to 1% in the first quarter of this year as unfounded proved to be.

But with services, manufacturing and construction, all register between January and March, a balanced recovery seems to be developing.

Surprisingly, while the construction sector may have been affected by the weather, seem the flooding and storms had too much influence on the overall economic activity in January and February.

But while economies such as the United States and Germany have become now from their peaks before the recession, the UK still lags behind a bit.

It seems likely that this milestone will reach the economy in the middle of the year.

However, added that bad weather no significant impact on overall GDP growth.

To register 0.7%, agriculture was the only one of the four main branches of industry to a fall in the output.

Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said the UK to the world's largest most powerful economies expected in 2014, with a growth of 2.9% for the year.

The independent Office for budget responsibility (OBR) predicted 2.7% and in February raised the Bank of England (BoE) its 3.4% 2014 expected to.

But despite the strong growth the BoE has indicated, it is unlikely that an interest rate hike any time soon to announce.

By decline in inflation, which is the lowest rate fell to 1.6% in the last month in more than four years, having been strengthened its position.

Autumn, combined with the latest earnings figures from the ONS, means that per result finally with inflation, after six years of backlog have caught up

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