The government’s careful plans for a measured response to the expected news on Thursday that the British economy has finally crawled out of a double-dip recession were blown off course on Wednesday when official statisticians launched an inquiry into whether David Cameron had prematurely leaked the news in an attempt to score a political point at prime minister’s questions.
The prime minister is on a highly restricted list of senior politicians given access to market-sensitive information 24 hours before publication of Thursday’s third-quarter growth figures.
Guess we’ll find out later his morning with the much awaited UK Q3 GDP data scheduled for release at 0830GMT
More ….Guardian
