The Latest Breaking News from the Office for National Statistics

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

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…

A huge study by the Office for National Statistics has revealed the nation's most unhealthy and least unhealthy towns, with major differences appearing between some rural and urban areas

The average UK house price was £286,000 in April 2023, which is £9,000 higher than 12 months earlier, the Office for National Statistics said.

The Office for National Statistics said Consumer Prices Index inflation (CPI) remained at 8.7 per cent in May

The Office for National Statistics said net debt reached £2.6 trillion as of the end of May, estimated at 100.1% of gross domestic product.

The Office for National Statistics published May’s inflation figures this morning, confounding experts in the City again as inflation remained stuck at 8.7%. Core inflation, which hit a 30-year high in April, rose even higher to 7.1%.

Research shows that in the past 50 years, social class mobility – how a person’s occupation, social class or income compares with that of their parents – has either increased or stayed static in the UK.