The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

Tata Steel confirmed plans to close two Welsh blast furnaces and cut up to 2,800 jobs

Analysis of ONS statistics shows one in four ‘economically inactive’ people live in areas with high levels of poor health

GDP rises by 0.3% in November after October decline, with car leasing and video games fuelling bounceback

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

Hospital admissions due to flu rise by 14% in a week in the capital

US inflation rose faster than expected in December, dampening early rate cut hopes, as Kiel Trade Indicator shows collapse in cargo volumes in the Red Sea

The average monthly rent for a room in London has fallen for two consecutive months, reports SpareRoom

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

Every ten years since 1801 – save for a wartime interruption in 1941 – the UK government has conducted a national census of England and Wales. This is a big event. The data collated in the last survey, in 2021, is still being published, with final reports only scheduled for…