Trench warfare as UK economy ends 2012 where it started

The British economy will end 2012 pretty much where it started. There has been no growth and no real progress in reducing the government’s budget deficit. In military terms, it has been like the western front in 1916: the troops have edged forward a bit then back a bit, but after a year of attrition…

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Trench warfare as UK economy ends 2012 where it started