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New ONS Study Launched to Collect 'Robust' Winter COVID Data
The UK Health Security Agency has launched a new ONS study to understand the changes in COVID-19 in the winter months and lower the burden of the NHS.
How welcome are women in the construction industry?
Women make up less than 15 per cent of the construction industry in the UK, often represented in construction manager positions. Non-profit organisations are working with women and employers to better gender diversity in the manual labour workforce.
Number of migrants to Britain reaches record high of 606,000
This influx of migrants comes despite the government's pledge to reduce the number of student visas issued.
Westminster traffic wardens set to strike during coronation as high inflation fuels pay disputes
Adding to the recent wave of strike action across the UK in recent months, traffic wardens are set to strike during the King's coronation unless a pay dispute can be settled in time.
Depression cases doubling in the UK amid pandemic: Office for National Statistics
As shown by the information, the rate shot up when lockdowns were imposed across the globe due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Poorest Britons left behind as millionaires ride wealth boom
New figures from the ONS 2014-16 wealth in Great Britain survey show that growing UK household wealth is overwhelmingly weighted towards older and wealthier Britons.
Skimp biscuit: Britain's favourite biccie brand to shrink as post-Brexit costs rise
The size of a 500g packet of Digestives will be cut by 100g due to rising costs following UK's Brexit vote.
Pound gains ground as UK productivity rises to a six-year high
British currency gains from positive macroeconomic data as US jobs figures fail to perk up the dollar.
Britons are happier since Brexit - and that's official
Britons are happier since the Brexit vote despite a squeeze on household incomes, higher inflation and a weaker pound, according to official statistics.
No sex for the UK: 'Intrusive' census question may be voluntary in future counts
Opponents of the census change argue that the change would leave the UK government with inaccurate data about the number of men and women in the country.
UK house prices rose 5.1% in July, says ONS
Average price of a house or a flat in Britain was at £226,000 at the end of July.
The great British getaway: Brits take fewer two-week breaks and shun booze cruises
The traditional fortnight holiday is in decline as Britons opt for shorter breaks.
If Britain is the 'sick man' of Europe benchmarking standards have really slipped
Many economies are seeing growth at or below that of Britain but the post-Brexit sick man narrative persists as it suits the agenda of some.
Shrinkflation: The products you buy are slowly shrinking - but not getting cheaper
Brexit is not to blame.
Cigarettes and alcohol: These charts show how consumer goods prices have rocketed since 2005
Price of tobacco up 99% since 2005, and food prices have risen by 130% in three years.
The biggest division in modern Britain boils down to if you own a home
The trigger for the 2008 crash is arguably the biggest driver of post-crash inequality.
Smoking numbers hit record lows as Britons turn to vaping
The latest figures show that the number of smokers in the country is at its lowest level since records began.
UK housing: Prospective buyers struggle to buy entry-level property amid lower average income
One in four properties in England and Wales off-limits to prospective buyers.
Net migration: Eastern Europeans fled Britain in Brexit aftermath ONS figures show
Net migration drops to a two-year low but is still a way off Conservatives' "tens of thousands" pledge.
UK high street sales fall unexpectedly in January
Rising petrol prices helped squeeze household budgets and peg back retail spending last month.
Inflation figures set to hit three-year high
Rising food and petrol prices are pushing up the cost of living while wage rises struggle to keep pace.
High street hitch: Why retail sales plunged in December
Rising inflation and Black Friday sales saw shoppers keep their hands in their pockets over Christmas.
UK homicide rate leaps as Hillsborough deaths of 1989 included for first time
96 fans 'unlawfully killed' on the terraces were added to official crime statistics after 2016 inquest ruling.
Basildon in Essex tops UK list of areas with the fastest growing house prices
Office for National Statistics said London commuter town Basildon saw house prices rise by nearly a fifth.
UK inflation spikes to two-year high as clothing and fuel cost more
Increase in the prices of fuel, clothing and computing equipment drove headline rate higher in November.
UK MPs launch probe into creating an 'immigration consensus' after Brexit vote
Labour's Yvette Cooper, who chairs the group, says the MPs will tour the UK to seek views.
Labour attacks Theresa May over immigration target and 'hurtful' pupil plan
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott says Tories have 'eroded public trust' with broken promise.
Migration near record high as EU nationals flocked to UK before Brexit vote
New data shows the government has again failed to meet its 'tens of thousands' target.
UK government must give voters a 'grand immigration bargain' after Brexit vote
Institute of Economic Affairs chief tells IBTimes UK that Theresa May should drop her migration target.
London property prices show 'remarkable fortitude' in face of Brexit
Land Registry and ONS data shows London property outperformed all other regions of the UK in September.