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Construction projects slow in first part of 2012
Construction output has fallen at its fastest rate in three years, dropping 4.9% to £7.8bn in the first half of 2012.
The decline, which is being partly blamed on the double-dip recession, comes amid hopes that the sector would stimulate growth in the economy.
BBC Radio 5 live Wake Up To Money asked Stephen Ratcliffe, the Director of the UK Contractors Group, which represents 30 of the biggest UK construction companies, what had gone wrong.
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