UK Economy to Contract in 2010

BRITAIN is the only major country whose economy will SHRINK next year, a damning forecast said last night.

The International Monetary Fund predicts a 0.2 reduction. But it expects the US economy to grow by the same amount, the Eurozone by 0.1 per cent, Asia by 5.8 per cent and Latin America by 2.3 per cent.

The forecast is a blow to PM Gordon Brown. But Ministers will say it shows the UK recovering from this year’s estimated 3.8 per cent shrinkage.

Shadow chancellor George Osborne said: “This forecast is further evidence that Gordon Brown’s economic model is fundamentally broken and his policies on the recession aren’t working.”

Source: GEORGE PASCOE-WATSON