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Chancellor John Healey pledges to protect ‘resilience’ of UK economy after growth beats forecasts in August – business live

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John Healey is speaking to UK journalists at the IMF annual meeting in Bangkok now Today’s better-than-forecast UK growth report is good news for chancellor John Healey as he hobnobs with other finance ministers at the IMF meeting in Bangkok.

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