UK economic growth slowed to 0.1% for the past three months in a blow to the Chancellor ahead of the autumn Budget.
Official figures also showed that the economy declined by 0.1% in September after the cyber attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit activity in the manufacturing sector.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said UK gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.1% between July and September, following a 0.3% increase between April and June.
GDP grew 0.1% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2025.
Services (+0.2%) and construction (+0.1%) grew while the production sector fell (-0.5%).
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Economists had predicted growth of 0.2% for the quarter, with expectations that September would show zero growth.
ONS director of economic statistics Liz McKeown said: “Growth slowed further in the third quarter of the year with both services and construction weaker than in the previous period.
“Across the quarter as a whole manufacturing drove the weakness in production.
“There was a particularly marked fall in car production in September, reflecting the impact of a cyber incident, as well as a decline in the often-erratic pharmaceutical industry.”
