british families now have more cash to spend  after tax than before the coalition came to power, official figures revealed this morning the boost, just 37 days before the election, came as separate figures showed that britain's economy grew faster than any other major rich country in the world last year people's confidence in their own finances also jumped to complete a 'hat trick of good news' for david cameron and george osborne this morning scroll down for video  in the final three months of the year, families had £4,187 to spend or save – finally overtaking the £4,187 families had left over at the time of the last election  britain's economy grew faster than any other major rich country in the world last year, official figures revealed this morning  the office for national statistics said the uk economy grew 06 per cent in the last three months of the year – 01 per cent more than previously thought but over the whole of 2014, the economy boomed by 28 per cent –  faster than america, germany, france and every other country in the g7 group of rich countries mr osborne said the revised figures show the uk is 'clearly fastest growing major advanced economy' in the world separate figures released this morning revealed that in the final three months of the year, the average voter had £4,187 left over after tax, up 18 per cent on the previous quarter mr osborne said this meant that living standards were now officially higher than at the last election, when real disposable income was £4,187 the chancellor said: 'today we've got a hat trick of good news about the british economy and with 37 days to go the election it's another sign that changing course would put recovery at risk' the chancellor george osborne, pictured at a pizza express restaurant in hove this morning, claimed the economic figures were a triple dose of good news  david cameron was out campaigning at a building site at sainsbury's head office in holborn, central london, this morning  the office for national statistics said the economy grew 06 per cent in the last three months of the year – 01 per cent more than previously thought  he added: 'we've had a significant upgrade to gdp, the highest consumer confidence for over 12 years and confirmation that living standards are higher than they were at the last election 'this is good news for families and businesses across the country 'so voters now face a stark choice: do we stick with a plan which is working, delivering growth and jobs, or do we put all that at risk with ed miliband whose policies of more spending, more borrowing and higher taxes will lead to economic chaos' gdp per head – the wealth of each briton rather than the economy as a whole – was also estimated to have increased in the last three months of the year – jumping by a healthy 05 per cent lib dem treasury secretary danny alexander added: 'as we approach the general election, this upward revision in gdp is further evidence that our recovery plan is working' but the shadow chancellor ed balls said tory claims that the economy was fixed would 'ring hollow with working people' he said: 'a small upward revision today in the gdp figures doesn't change that overall record this has been a disappointing recovery and it didn't have to be this way 'if the conservatives want to go round and say 'our plan is working, look at the gdp figures; our plan is working, look at the figures on disposable income' then we say bring it on because the reality is that this is the toughest squeeze on people's living standards in a parliament since the early 1920s' he added: 'i don't think that just crossing your fingers and hoping for the best is good enough'
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british families now have more cash to spend after tax than in 2010  in the final three months of the year, families had £4,187 to spend or save  this is compared to the £4,187 families had left over at the  last election  comes as official figures showed uk economy fastest growing in the world 