UK economy grew by just 0.1% in third quarter amid hit from JLR cyber-attack

Reading undershoots forecasts, with crippling Jaguar Land Rover hack helping pull September GDP down by 0.1%

The UK economy expanded by just 0.1% in the quarter from July to September as the crippling cyber-attack on Jaguar Land Rover hit manufacturing.

The latest official figures, issued as Rachel Reeves prepares for a crunch budget on 26 November, show gross domestic product fell by 0.1% in September as car production was dragged down to a 73-year low by the fallout from the hack.