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• GDP grew 0.1% in the three months to December 2025 and 0.1% into December 2025 
• Consumer demand grew by 1.0% in 2025 after falls in 2023 and 2024, but slowed to 0.2% in Q4 
• TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak says ministers must stay “laser-focused” on improving living standards this year 

Commenting on ONS figures showing 0.1% GDP growth in the three months to December 2025, and 0.1% GDP growth in December 2025, TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said:  

“It’s welcome that the economy kept growing in December, and last year’s growth of 1.3% was the strongest for three years. 

“But many workers are not yet feeling the benefit in their pockets. Household incomes are still being squeezed by a relentless cost-of-living crisis.  

“Many working families don’t have any money left over to spend on the things that keep our economy moving – meals out, shopping on the high street, and family days out. That’s bad for families and bad for the wider economy. 

“This doom loop must end. Ministers must stay laser-focused on cutting working people’s household costs and improving living standards this year. 

“And the Bank of England must go further and faster with quickfire interest-rate cuts in the months ahead. 

“Britain needs to finally move on from the cost-of-living crisis that’s kept us stuck for too long – the priority must be helping families to spend and businesses to invest.” 

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