UK economy beats forecasts with 0.3% growth in November; Ofwat investigating South East Water over outages – business live

UK economy returns to growth despite pre-Budget jitters, after car production resumed at JLR after cyber attack

Newsflash: The UK economy has returned to growth, and more vigorously than expected.

UK GDP expanded by 0.3% in November, new data from the Office for National Statistics shows, after shrinking a little in October.

That’s faster than expected; City economists had expected growth of just 0.1%

In another boost, September’s growth figures have been revised higher, showing that the economy didn’t shrink that month after all.