“The IMF reduced its UK growth forecast for 2025 to 0.8% from a previous estimate of 1.3% made in January 2025, citing the impact of the Middle East hostilities.”

• The IMF did cut UK growth to 0.8%, but this is for 2026 not 2025 as claimed.
• The forecast was reduced from 1.3% (which was the 2025 projection), not from a January 2025 forecast.
• The claim conflates different time periods.

The IMF did cut UK growth to 0.8%, but this is for 2026 not 2025 as claimed. The forecast was reduced from 1.3% (which was the 2025 projection), not from a January 2025 forecast. The claim conflates different time periods.