The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

What 9.1% inflation means for your money - and five items rising fastest in price

UK inflation has hit 9.1% in further misery for struggling households as the cost of living crisis deepens in the UK. But what does high inflation mean?

Daily Mirror · Jun 22, 2022

Rail worker salaries in UK compared to bus drivers, teachers and NHS staff

Rail worker salaries are much higher than the median in the UK, but when you take out the train and tram drivers the picture is much less clear

Bristol Post · Jun 21, 2022

‘Nigels’ are threatened species in UK, say stats experts... as they reveal baby names that are disappearing

“Nigels” are a threatened species in Britain, official stats experts said on Monday.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2022

The most popular baby names for boys in the United Kingdom

The top names for boys show interesting variations in different regions of the UK

Manchester Evening News · Jun 17, 2022

Scotland is one of the most productive parts of UK, according to latest figures

SCOTLAND is one of the most productive parts of the UK, according to the latest figures.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 17, 2022

Coronavirus cases and hospitalisations rise rapidly in Wales

The Office for National Statistics says it's too early to say for certain if this is the start of a new wave

Wales Online · Jun 17, 2022

Covid-19 infection levels rising in all four UK nations

Prevalence of the virus remains well below the record high reached in the spring.

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

UK Covid infections leap by 43% in a week, latest ONS survey reveals

Covid levels have risen in all four nations of the UK amid the spread of the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022

Scotland hit by Covid wave as cases of two Omicron variants increase

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics showed that around one in 40 people in Scotland had Covid-19, up from one in 50 the previous week.

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2022

Summer of discontent as UK hit by new Covid wave, strike chaos and rising prices

The threat of the biggest industrial action to hit Britain since 1926 is looming amid a record wave of energy price hikes which has stoked fears echoing those during the 1978-79 'winter of discontent'

Daily Mirror · Jun 16, 2022