UK factory output soars after three months of decline, official figures show

British manufacturing bounced back in January but slump in oil prices continue to affect industrial production

Britain's factories bounced back from a dismal 2015 to post a solid increase in output in the first month of the new year, official figures have shown.

The Office for National Statistics said manufacturing production rose by 0.7% between December and January, bringing to an end three successive months of decline.