The UK economy made a faster recovery from the Covid pandemic than previously estimated, according to revisions to official figures revealing a stronger performance than Germany<\/a> and France.<\/p>\n

In a boost for Rishi Sunak before the Conservative party conference in Manchester beginning this weekend, revised figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)<\/a> showed gross domestic product was 1.8% above pre-pandemic levels at the end of the second quarter this year.<\/p>\n

In August, the ONS had estimated<\/a> the economy was still 0.2% below the level at the end of 2019 before the global health emergency triggered one of the deepest recessions on record.<\/p>\n

The changes mean the UK economy is no longer the worst performer in the G7. The chancellor, Jeremy Hunt<\/a>, said: \u201cWe know that the British economy recovered faster from the pandemic than anyone previously thought, and data out today once again proves the doubters wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

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