UK worker productivity growth falls to two-year low on back of Brexit concerns

Slump in third quarter adds to dismal record on improving efficiency since financial crisis

The productivity growth of British workers fell to a two-year low in the third quarter of last year, according to official figures released amid warnings that failures of government policy and Brexit are holding back efficiency gains.

According to the Office for National Statistics, annual growth in economic output per hour of work slumped to 0.2% in the three months to September, down from 1.6% in the second quarter and marking the weakest period since the third quarter of 2016.