At 4.5 per cent, the bank rate is well above most estimates of the so-called neutral rate, the point at which monetary policy is neither expansionary nor contractionary. Inflation is close to target, ...

In 2023, there were 10,473 deaths from alcohol-specific causes registered in the UK, the highest number on record. This is ...

The UK’s population will rise by about 5mn to 72.5mn in the decade to 2032, driven by more international migration than previously projected and by lower fertility resulting in the same number of ...

Figures from the ONS show 65,450 new firms were created across the UK in the final three months of 2024, down 8.5% year on ...

The ONS expects the difference between the numbers of people arriving and leaving the country to total 4.9 million between ...

Gathering data on consumer prices and the products we’re really buying will become far more precise, giving a better picture ...

EXCLUSIVE: Bob Lyddon accused the financial establishment of "a conjuring trick that deceives the public into believing we ...

The country's national statistician tells MPs the ONS needs more money and access to government data streams as part of ...

Alcohol-specific deaths in the UK have reached an all-time high, official figures have shown, with a charity calling for a ...

Britain and the United States trade hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of goods and services annually, but London hopes ...

The head of Britain's statistical office said on Tuesday he was "super-hopeful" that the shift to a new, improved labour ...

Online UK retail sales reached a record-breaking £127bn in 2024, the highest figure seen outside of Covid-19 lockdown surge, ...