The Latest Breaking News from the Office for National Statistics

As major retailers rake in huge profits, they are slashing jobs, squeezing suppliers and hollowing out our food industry, writes campaigner and author Andrew Simms

Hot weather helped Britain to shrug off recession, ONS chief says

The party was reacting to recent statistics revealed by the Office for National Statistics.

This week’s CPI figures look set to highlight a trend: that prices in the UK seem to rise faster than they do elsewhere

Life, as every child knows, is unfair. But how unfair? The Office for National Statistics (ONS), says ‘very’ and, unlike the nation’s parents, has the data to back it up.

ONS finds one in 20 households have run out of food in the past and could not afford more

UK GDP report for May shows that factory output and construction shrank during the month, with some blaming extra bank holiday

Treasury Committee quiz lenders about mortgage rates, as two-year fixed mortgage rate rises to 6.66%, highest since 2008

The pay hikes will fuel fears that Britain is in the grip of an inflation spiral

Air fares from the UK surged by 31.4% in the year to May, according to the Office for National Statistics – more than treble the 8.7% rate of inflation, but this hasn't stopped Brits from travelling

Students are struggling financially. A 2022 survey from the Office for National Statistics found that half of students in England felt they were facing financial difficulties, and that one-quarter of students had borrowed more to cope with the cost of living crisis. In England, tuition fees for bachelor’s programmes are…