The OECD said the UK will also experience the highest level of inflation among the G7 group of advanced economies this year.

She spoke at a UN General Assembly meeting in New York which French President Emmanuel Macron opened by officially recognising Palestinian statehood.

Economists warned that influential survey data means ‘alarm bells should be ringing that the economy is faltering’.

Business Secretary Peter Kyle will visit Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to meet firms in the supply chain as the beleaguered carmaker extended its shutdown in the wake of a cyber attack. JLR, the UK’s ...