UK productivity jumps at fastest rate for six years

Fewer people working fewer hours but creating same output explains surprise gain, but productivity remains well below pre-financial crisis trendThe productivity of British workers has increased at the fastest rate in more than six years, handing the government a rare boost in correcting one of the biggest problems facing the UK economy.Labour productivity, or economic output per hour worked, grew by 0.9% in the three months to September 2017, the Office for National Statistics said. Economists s