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Source: The Guardian UK

Charity commissioner to use speech to say there is a difference between ‘heated discussion’ and harassment or abuseTo just go back to that GDP uptick briefly, John Healey is at the IMF/World Bank meetings in Bangkok and is due to speak shortly.I’ll bring his comments here courtesy of my colleague Graeme Wearden’s reporting over on our business live blog. Basically, the UK economy is still weak but performing slightly better than earlier gloomy predictions; the IMF in fact this week raised its growth forecast to 1.£3% – up from its April prediction of 0.8%. Analysts are saying, at this rate, the UK is on track to be the second- best- performing G7 economy this year. Entering the conference centre this morning, Healey said in brief remarks:“I’m pleased the IMF here in Bangkok have backed our economic plans in London. They say the UK stands out on growth despite the deep economic shocks that are affecting worldwide at present.They say Britain stands out on our plans to get to grips with the big borrowing costs by previous governments. They also say it’s important to stay the path, and I will follow that as I prepare my budget in two weeks’ time.”...