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The UK economy is estimated to have fallen by 0.1% in both October and in the three months to October 2025, compared with the three months to July 2025.

This follows growth of 0.1% in the three months to September 2025 and 0.2% in the three months to August 2025, official data published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows.

There were falls in two of the three main sectors in the three months to October 2025, with a fall of 0.5% in the production sector.

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This, the ONS says, was largely because of a 17.7% fall in the manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, which made the largest contribution to the decrease in GDP during this period.

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