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Construction helps UK economy achieve better-than-expected growth in Q2

By 2025-08-14T12:18:00

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Latest ONS figures show strong growth in infrastructure and new housing work

Strong growth in the construction sector helped UK GDP growth to beat forecasts in the most recent quarter, according to the Official for National Statistics. Overall output rose 0.3% between April and June, which was less than the 0.7% seen in the first quarter but above forecasts of around 0.1%.

This was driven in part by 1.2% growth in the construction sector, which came after 0.3% growth in the first quarter.

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