The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

Inflation dropped below the Bank of England target rate last month for the first time since April 2021, according to new figures.

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

Output was up by 0.2% in the month after flatlining in June and July

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…