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Evening Standard
Holly Williams

Meagre economic growth at end of 2025 confirmed amid fears over Iran war hit

Britain’s economy eked out muted growth at the end of last year, official figures have confirmed, but fears are growing over the impact of the Iran war and soaring inflation as oil prices race higher (Alamy/PA) -

Britain’s economy eked out muted growth at the end of last year, official figures have confirmed, but fears are growing over the impact of the Iran war and soaring inflation as oil prices race higher.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) kept its estimation for the October to December quarter unchanged at 0.1%, which followed unrevised growth of 0.1% in the previous three months.

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