British manufacturing cools before closely fought election

By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British manufacturing growth slowed sharply in April, a survey showed on Friday, underlining the uneven nature of an economic recovery that is at the heart of a national election just six days away. Coming after a surprising slowdown in growth in the first quarter, the survey will make gloomy reading for Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne, who promised a manufacturing revival shortly after coming to power in