UK economy outshines its peers

The Ernst & Young Item Club quarterly report - which uses the Treasury's model for growth - predicts growth of 2.2% this year, easing back to 2% in 2002, before accelerating to 2.9% in 2003. The report is much more upbeat than the growth rate of 1.9% cited in a leaked report from the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development last week. The BBC's Quentin Somerville reports.