The Latest Breaking News from the Office for National Statistics

April’s inflation rate of 2.3% means that if an item cost £100 a year ago, the same thing would now cost £102.30

The government might be celebrating falling inflation, but higher prices for goods and services are here to stay

Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed regular pay went up by an average of 6.2% in the three months to December

If the population is to grow on the scale predicted the UK will need the infrastructure to service a much-expanded citizenry

The really interesting thing about the projections for population growth from the Office for National Statistics this week is the extent it’s not being talked about. In case you missed it, the ONS said that, based on existing trends, the population of Britain is projected to rise by 6.6 million by…

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

Economists had expected growth of 0.2%, but the figures gave little cause for celebration with the risk of an end-of-year recession still on the cards

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

It’s another tragic record. A new report has confirmed yet another rise in drug related deaths in England and Wales. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports that 4,907 “drug poisoning” deaths were recorded in 2022 (84.4 deaths per 1,000,000 of the population), the highest on record.