UK worker productivity falls as Brexit concerns intensify

Rate of growth continues to lag behind levels achieved before the 2008 financial crisis

Britain's dismal track record on improving worker productivity since the financial crisis continued in the first three months of the year, amid mounting concern Brexit will further damage the efficiency growth required for boosting wages.

Economic output per hour of work dropped in the UK by 0.4% in the first quarter after a rise of 0.6% in the final quarter of 2017, according to the latest snapshot from the Office for National Statistics.

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