stagnation

This consistency in the trajectory of rebuilding indicates that permitting stagnation is attributable to the passage of time rather than declining once a certain percentage of homes are rebuilt.

The lyrics are the only giveaway that this is the work of a band in their late middle age - as Cocker, the poet laureate of suburban misfits, sings movingly about stagnation, divorce and mortality.

The union says its employer's removal of six days' annual leave from members' contracts, pay stagnation and a widening ethnicity pay gap has made them "particularly angry".

These assessments suggest meaningful technical progress rather than stagnation.

The UK government has made boosting economic growth a key priority and the latest data beat forecasts of 0.1% expansion, which would have been near stagnation.