The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

The state pension increases in line with whichever is the highest of earnings growth, CPI inflation in September of the previous year, or 2.5

Campaign group warns of ‘emergency on our streets’ after estimated 155 people died while rough sleeping last year

GDP rises by 0.2% in August after flatlining in June and July but rate of expansion slower than first half of year

UK GDP rose by 0.2% in August, reports Office for National Statistics, with accountancy, retail and many manufacturers having strong months

Excluding the Covid pandemic, ONS figures show 16,300 fewer births than deaths, not seen since 1970s ‘baby bust’

UK population saw the largest annual rise since 1971, with a 1.0% increase in the year to June 2023, according to the ONS.

SCOTLAND’s population rose faster than at any time since the 1940s the first half of last year thanks to people moving to the country from abroad…

Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch recently caused controversy by claiming that while she was born to a middle-class family, she “became working class” when working in McDonald’s to earn money while she was in college. In fairness to Badenoch, having a diversity of experience is an admirable attribute for an MP…

Researchers say interventions could address key factors, such as smoking, but ‘structural changes’ also needed