00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post.
00:04The UK economy contracted unexpectedly in May as a manufacturing sector suffered another steep decline in activity, according to official figures.
00:14The ONS said gross domestic product contracted by 0.1% in May, following a 0.3% drop in April.
00:24Most economists had expected slight growth of 0.1% in May.
00:31It comes after activity in the manufacturing sector dropped by 1% following a steep fall in April,
00:38having surged early in the year as US importers stocked up ahead of US President Donald Trump's tariff rises, which came into effect at the start of April.
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