Claim: UK GDP growth in the second quarter of 2018 was 0.4%. In the Eurozone it was 0.3%.
Fact-check: Is UK economic growth higher than in Europe? - Full Fact
Verdict: this was correct when the claim was made earlier in august, but the figures have since been revised, with both the uk and eurozone growing at 0.4% in the second quarter. growth in the eu and the eurozone is higher in the previous 12 months than the uk. it's projected to stay that way.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-08-21T00:00:00