UK economy suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020

Britain's economy shrank for a second month in a row in October in the run-up to the government's first budget, the first back-to-back falls in output since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. More from Reuters.

Meanwhile, the Irish economy grew faster than previously estimated in the third quarter on the back of a rebound in multinational exports. More from Irish Times.