The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

One in 25 people have Covid as cases fall but infections highest in primary school kids

Boris Johnson announced his plan for living with Covid earlier this week, involving axing mandatory self-isolation and free tests as infection levels dropped further

Daily Mirror · Feb 23, 2022

Covid-19 infections fall in England but mixed picture in rest of UK

Numbers across the country are still higher than pre-Christmas levels.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2022

Thousands of bank branches have closed in the past 12 years - but how many are in your area?

Official data shows the number of bank branches dropped by 11% in the year to March 2021

Insider UK · Feb 23, 2022

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022

Bank of England chief urges banks to show restraint on bonuses; global stocks recover – as it happened

Bank of England’s Bailey says sanctions pose no risk to UK’s financial sector, as foreign secretary talks about Britain’s plans to stop Russia selling sovereign debt in London

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2022

A new measure of inflation is brewing on the horizon

Traditional statistical practices could be getting redefined, as an initiative by British campaigner Jack Monroe shows

The Hindu · Feb 22, 2022

CPS head Max Hill severely criticised over record low in rape convictions

Vera Baird, victims’ commissioner, says DPP has overseen ‘catastrophic’ period in CPS’s history

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2022

Lifting Covid restrictions is 'an experiment aimed at the poor' say furious North East health leaders

Senior health figures in Newcastle and Gateshead have slammed plans to ditch the last of the Covid-19 restrictions this week

Chronicle Live · Feb 22, 2022

Government interest payments on borrowing soar as inflation rises

The ONS said interest payments rose to the highest January level in 25 years but self-assessment tax receipts increased.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2022

Welsh Government gives date it will consider changing isolation rules in Wales

There has been a 'very heated' meeting between UK and devolved nations today

Wales Online · Feb 21, 2022