British economy grows at best annual rate since 2007

Britain's economy grew in 2014 at the fastest annual pace since before the financial crisis, despite a fourth-quarter slowdown, official data showed Tuesday in a pre-election boost to the government. Economists said the data was welcome news for the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government, which faces an election in 100 days' time in May. The economy's 2014 performance marked an acceleration from 1.7-percent growth in 2013 and was in line with expectations, but undersho