GDP: UK economic growth slows to 0.3% in second quarter of 2025

Yorkshire Post

Growth in the UK economy slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter of this year, new official figures show. However, the figure was stronger than the 0.1% level widely expected by economists after an uptick in activity in June and revised data for earlier in the quarter.

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00:00Hello, I'm Greg Wright of the Yorkshire Post.

00:03Growth in the UK economy slowed to 0.3% in the second quarter of this year.

00:09However, the figure was stronger than the 0.1% level widely expected by economists.

00:15The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic products grew by 0.3% for the quarter

00:21after 0.7% growth in the first three months of the year.

00:26It came after the economy grew by 0.4% in June.

00:31The ONS Director of Economic Statistics, Liz McKeon, said growth slowed in the second quarter

00:36after a strong start to the year.

00:39My name's Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.

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