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UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days ago

Track UK's latest migration numbers - including asylum, visas and small boats

UK net migration has fallen close to pre‑Covid levels, while immigration, small boat arrivals and visa measures follow varying definitions and update schedules.
#inflation
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago
UK news

Inflation falls more than expected to 3.2% as official figures released latest

UK annual CPI inflation fell to 3.2% in November, driven mainly by lower food, tobacco and women's clothing prices despite rising hotel costs.
fromwww.bbc.com
6 months ago
UK news

UK inflation number too high after data blunder

The UK's inflation data was incorrectly reported due to inaccurate road tax data, highlighting issues with the ONS's data quality.
more#inflation
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guardian view on falling net migration: political debate is now detached from the facts

Net migration has in fact been falling since before Labour came to power last July, and yet there has been no end of demand for ever tighter controls and no end of government acquiescence. New figures published this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), adjusting historical data for methodological changes, show that net migration was 944,000 for the year ending March 2023 about 40,000 higher than had previously been thought. The drop since then has also been steeper.
UK politics
Public health
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

ONS to cut reports on health and crime to improve quality of core data

ONS will cut about 10% of publications in 2026, prioritising core economic and social statistics to address data quality issues, including LFS problems.
UK politics
fromTheregister
2 months ago

ONS data-sharing dream ended with three rival platforms

ONS's £240.8m programme failed to integrate government data, funding general tech while legacy IT persisted, leaving fragmented platforms and prompting Treasury funding cuts.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Tesla proposes $1tn pay package for Elon Musk; markets brace for US jobs report business live

ONS misapplied seasonal adjustment for retail sales, producing erroneous monthly figures, delaying releases; data collection will shift to calendar months by 2026.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Who decides when and where you work? The battle is raging in Whitehall, and the result may affect us all | Polly Toynbee

Remember Jacob Rees-Mogg, Brexit opportunities and government efficiency minister, lurking round Whitehall offices to leave sarcastic printed cards on any empty desk: Sorry you were out when I visited. I look forward to seeing you in the office very soon. With every good wish? The following year his government ordered the entire civil service to attend the office a minimum of 60% of the time.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

'Unaffordable' rents well over a third of income

Private tenants in Bristol spent 44.6 percent of their income on rent in 2024, significantly exceeding the ONS's 30 percent affordability threshold.
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