Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from the Office for National Statistics

UK interest rates forecast to jump above 5% this year after higher-than-expected inflation – as it happened

Rolling, live coverage of business, economics and financial markets as consumer price index inflation reaches 8.7%, well above forecasts

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: Why the UK’s inflation rate just came down to 8.7%

In today’s newsletter: It’s good news – but the figure is still a bit higher than expected, even as energy costs decline. As the latest data is released, we look at its ongoing impact – and what it means for you

The Guardian - UK

Homeowners warned they could be hit with two interest rate hikes this summer

IMF warns that interest rates will rise further but forecast that the UK would avoid a recession

Evening Standard

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

What are the UK’s new immigration rules for international students?

A significant factor behind the rising migration numbers in recent years has been an increase in foreign students and their dependants arriving, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) says

Evening Standard

Thousands of people in UK out of work due to long Covid

Nisreen Alwan, professor of public health at the University of Southampton and Daniel Ayoubkhani, principal statistician at the Office for National Statistics and the University of Leicester explain how the latest statistics on the Covid pandemic and jobs suggest long Covid could be causing high levels of economic inactivity.

The Week

'Grim reading': Scotland has highest percentage of zero-hours workers in UK

SCOTLAND is the zero-hours contracts capital of the UK, as research from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed a record high rate.

The National (Scotland)

Drop in real term pay erodes spending power of millions of Britons

Sky-high inflation eroded the spending power of millions of families across Britain as the cost-of-living crisis hit hard at the start of the year, official figures revealed on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

OPINION - The Standard View: Without economic growth, there is no escape from the cost of living crisis

The UK economy cannot get out of first gear. Data released by the Office for National Statistics shows growth was a negligible 0.1 per cent in the first quarter of the year, with output falling by 0.3 per cent in March alone.

Evening Standard

Hypertension: The deadly health problem young men are living with undiagnosed

High proportion of men aged between 16 and 24 who are living with high blood pressure don’t know they have it, the Office for National Statistics has found

The Independent UK

The deadly health problem most young men are living with undiagnosed

66% of young men aged between 16 and 24 are living with undiagnosed high blood pressure, the Office for National Statistics has found

The Independent UK

Imitation firearms now main weapon used in gun crime – figures

The Office for National Statistics said a rise in gun crime was largely down to the growing presence of imitation weapons.

The Independent UK

Wet weather blamed as retail sales slump

The Office for National Statistics said that retail sales volumes declined by 0.9% last month.

The Independent UK

FTSE 100 Live: CBI members will vote on lobby group’s future

Results from collapsed bank Credit Suisse today revealed the scale of the run on assets during last month’s industry turmoil.

Evening Standard

Cost of living 'nightmare' to get even worse for families - 9 vital questions answered

The Office for National Statistics said we last month paid 19% more on a weekly shop, the highest since 1977. Some items have gone up seven times faster than average wages

Daily Mirror

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Mirror

Inflation falls to 10.1% but price of basic foods hits record high - what it means for you

UK inflation fell to 10.1% in March - this is down from the 10.4% and surprise jump that was recorded in February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said this morning

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Please mind the gap between earnings and inflation

The gap between earnings and inflation is showing little sign of closing. Real pay — the amount people take home adjusted for inflation — has fallen for the 15th successive month, data from the Office for National Statistics shows.

Bristol Post

Amazing map reveals the 60-plus languages spoken throughout Bristol

Maps from the Office for National Statistics chart the main spoken language by Bristol residents in the home

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Standard View: Jeremy Hunt’s ‘not-so-bad’ economy offers little comfort

The British economy cannot get going. Growth flatlined in February, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show, as a rise in construction was offset by falls in services and production.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

UK economy avoided recession and grew at end of last year, new figures show

Updated figures mean UK narrowly avoided recession last year

The Guardian - UK

UK house price correction ‘has some way to go’ after March falls; eurozone and US inflation falls – as it happened

Average UK house prices fell 3.1% in year to March, while energy costs are now falling in the eurozone and US core PCE inflation has dropped

The Conversation

The ONS has published its final COVID infection survey – here's why it's been such a valuable resource

March 24 marked the publication of the final bulletin of the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Coronavirus Infection Survey after nearly three years of tracking COVID infections in the UK. The first bulletin was published on May 14 2020 and we’ve seen new releases almost every week since.

The Guardian - UK

Economy on track for return to growth as retail sales in Great Britain rise

Service sector companies attract new business amid rising confidence and resilient consumer demand

Daily Mirror

Overworked NHS staff being driven to suicide with one life lost every three days

The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers

Bristol Post

Bristol's richest and poorest neighbourhoods revealed in new interactive map

Bristol has one of the highest income-inequality gaps in the country

Chronicle Live

Unemployment rate in North East hits record low, new figures show

The North East's unemployment rate is still above the national average, but has seen the largest fall in the UK over the last year

1 … 8 9 10 11

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Office for National Statistics

the World Health Organization

540 stories

Kantar

344 stories

the Office for National Statistics

256 stories

Oxford Economics

105 stories

the University of Southampton

72 stories

University of Southampton

39 stories

the University of Leicester

30 stories

University of Leicester

29 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

International Students

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.