The Guardian | UK lags behind Europe as growth revised down to 0.2% - business live The Guardian Today's growth downgrade means that Britain was one of the worst-performing advanced economies in the first three months of this year. Only Italy and America did as badly as the UK; they also grew by around 0.2% in Q1 2017. France expanded by 0.3%, ... UK growth unexpectedly revised down to 0.2pc; World stocks hit record highs as Opec meets to extend oil output cuts |