For 2018 as a whole, GDP growth slipped to its lowest since 2012, at 1.4%, down from 1.8% in 2017. The UK economy grew by 0.2% in Q4 2018 , down from 0.6% in six years , while gross domestic product declined by 0.4% in its sixth consecutive month , and grew by 1.4% across 2018 , the lowest level for its sixth consecutive month , according to the Office for National Statistics . It also revealed the UK 's manufacturing sector experienced its sixth consecutive month of declining output, with business investment falling for the previous quarter . Economists blamed uncertainty surrounding UK as the main cause of the gloomy figures, as well as the wider European and global slowdown.
The UK economy grew by 0.2% in Q4 2018 , down from 0.6% in six years , while gross domestic product declined by 0.4% in its sixth consecutive month , and grew by 1.4% across 2018 , the lowest level for its sixth consecutive month , according to the Office for National Statistics . It also revealed the UK 's manufacturing sector experienced its sixth consecutive month of declining output, with business investment falling for the previous quarter . Economists blamed uncertainty surrounding UK as the main cause of the gloomy figures, as well as the wider European and global slowdown.