Chancellor Rachel Reeves blamed 15 years of Tory "neglect" as official figures showed the UK economy failed to grow at all between July and September

Britain's economy failed to grow during the first three months of Prime Minister Keir Starmer's new government, official figures showed on Monday, adding to signs of a slowdown that has cast a shadow over his time in office so far.

The Bank of England last week forecast that the economy will show zero growth in the fourth quarter. But it kept borrowing costs on hold because of the risks still posed by inflation.

The British economy flatlined in the third quarter of the year, according to downwardly revised official figures Monday, in another blow to the new Labour government that has made growth its number one mission.

LONDON (Reuters) -British economic output failed to grow in the third quarter, official figures showed, adding to the economic woes of the government of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. A preliminary estimate for the July-to-September period released by the ONS in November had shown gross domestic product growth at 0.

An earlier estimate had put GDP growth at 0.1% for the third quarter of the year. The British pound was trading lower against the U.S. dollar on Monday morning. Britain's economy failed to achieve any growth in the three months to September,

Revised figures from the U.K.’s Office for National Statistics on Monday showed GDP did not grow at all in the three months to September. An earlier estimate had put GDP growth at 0.1% for the third quarter of the year.

The UK economy showed no growth in the last quarter, according to the revised figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Labour is facing fresh questions about its stewardship of the economy today as official growth figures were revised down to zero.