LONDON, April 17, 2009 (AFP) - The worst of Britain's recession may be over, a member of the central bank's interest rate-setting body said in a newspaper interview published Friday.

David Miles, the newest member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, told the Western Mail that government moves to cut interest rates, increase public spending and boost the money supply were having an effect.

"Economic history teaches us that a combination of tax cuts, running large fiscal deficits, substantial cuts in interest rates and more quantitative easing is likely, with a certain time lag, to have a substantial impact on demand in the economy," he told the regional newspaper.

"And it may well be that the worst of the recession may well be behind us. That's not a confident prediction but a judgment about what may be the case."