The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

UK Wage Growth Continues To Slow And Threaten Labour Market

The Office For National Statistics reports that the annual rate of growth in earnings, including annual bonuses, has slowed to 6.5 per cent.

International Business Times UK · Jan 17, 2024

UK elections: Britons living abroad regain right to vote as 15-year rule ends

Many more Britons can now vote in the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak

Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024

UK pay growth slows as inflation pressure weakens

Vacancies tumbled at fastest rate on record in December, according to ONS figures

The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024

Flu hits winter peak in London as Covid cases fall

Hospital admissions due to flu rise by 14% in a week in the capital

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

US inflation rises to 3.4%; global trade ‘drops 1.3%’ as Red Sea attacks disrupt shipping – as it happened

US inflation rose faster than expected in December, dampening early rate cut hopes, as Kiel Trade Indicator shows collapse in cargo volumes in the Red Sea

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

London rents are finally falling for the first time in two years — but it's still over £1,000 for a room

The average monthly rent for a room in London has fallen for two consecutive months, reports SpareRoom

Evening Standard · Jan 9, 2024

ONS may stop publishing mortality data on homeless people

Charities say move is ‘deeply concerning’, while Office for National Statistics claims data was not accurate enough

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2024

Why the UK census should not be replaced with alternative sources of data

Every ten years since 1801 – save for a wartime interruption in 1941 – the UK government has conducted a national census of England and Wales. This is a big event. The data collated in the last survey, in 2021, is still being published, with final reports only scheduled for…

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2024

Over-70s are UK’s most online adults after twentysomethings, survey shows

ONS data also reveals working mothers spend on average an hour and a quarter more a day on household chores than male partners

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5, 2024

‘People are devastated’: anger and anxiety as Peak District loses its last bank

Early next year, the NatWest in the market town of Bakewell will close, leaving the whole area ‘de-banked’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 30, 2023