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Office for National Statistics

August 2024

  • A pair of hands on a laptop keyboard

    We need to make data sharing across UK government the rule, not the exception

    Robert Chote
    By linking, analysing and communicating statistics, state departments can unlock their power for the public good
  • Commuters cross London Bridge on their way to work at the City of London on 12 August. The Bank of England is looking at labour market data to determine the strength of inflationary forces lingering in the economy.

    ‘Share government data to boost economy’, says UK statistics watchdog chief

    The UK Statistics Authority’s chair says linking data sets from departments could aid growth and improve services• We need to make data sharing across UK government the rule, not the exception

    • Retailers in Great Britain get a kick out of Euro 2024 as sales rise

    • UK inflation rises to 2.2% in first increase since December

    • Jobs market uncertainty causes headache for Bank of England rate setters

July 2024

  • Two Met police officers patrol Oxford Street, London, at Christmas time

    Shoplifting in England and Wales rises to new 20-year high

  • Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the Treasury, leaves Downing Street carrying a red file under his arm

    Labour says higher-than-forecast UK borrowing shows economic challenge ahead

  • A shopper on Oxford Street in London

    British retail sales slump by more than forecast amid chilly weather

  • Female factory worker assembling a bicycle in a factory, working on the frame and wheels.

    UK jobs market cools again as wage growth slows

  • Hopes of August rate cut fall after UK inflation stays at 2%

  • Surprise growth boost for Labour as GDP rises by 0.4% in May

June 2024

  • A blurred, speeding London overground train hurtles towards the skyscrapers of the City of London, including the Gherkin, as the sun rises in the background

    Next PM likely to inherit improved economy after UK growth revised up

  • Woman running in central London.

    A better way to measure the UK’s health and happiness

  • A man carrying bags in the Broadmead shopping area of Bristol

    Warmer weather and falling UK inflation lift retail sales

  • Former UK prime minister Liz Truss

    The Guardian view on GDP: a poor measure of what matters in Britain’s economy

  • UK inflation: which everyday items have fallen in price most?

  • Labour says pressure on family finances still acute as UK inflation falls to 2%

  • Upbeat inflation news may be too little, far too late for Sunak

  • Strong wage growth will further delay cut in UK interest rates, City believes

  • Watchdog ends investigation into description of UK economy ‘going gangbusters’

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