Office for National Statistics (ONS)

“The UK inflation rate has risen to 2.9% in the 12 months to July, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has announced. The increase, widely expected by experts, is up from a 15-month low of 2.6% i…”

“Higher energy bills drove UK inflation up to 2.9% in the year to July, the highest level in four months, according to new figures.”

“Gas prices surged at the sharpest pace in almost four years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.”

“Food inflation, at 1.3%, is at its lowest rate for close to five years.”

“Meanwhile, motor fuel price rises eased to 15.5% compared to an increase of 21.3% in the 12 months to June.”

“Pay among civil servants, NHS workers and the wider sector surged by 6.1% in the three months to June. The sudden rise - up from 5.5% in the first quarter - was driven by NHS staff receiving their pa…”

“By contrast, wages in the private sector rose by 2.8% - lower than the rate of inflation, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. This was the weakest rate of wage growth in the private sector…”

“The ONS data showed that, after accounting for inflation, average pay excluding bonuses across the economy rose by 1% in real terms in June.”

“Figures published on Wednesday are expected to show that inflation climbed to 2.9% in July from 2.6% in the previous month.”

“unemployment remaining at a lofty 4.9% while vacancies slumped to 707,000 to the lowest level outside of the pandemic since 2014.”

“Britain's economy grew by 0.4 per cent between April and June, according to figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).”

“For June, the ONS reported GDP growth of 0.3 per cent...”

“The economy contracted by 0.1 per cent in April before returning to modest growth of 0.1 per cent in May.”

“The economy expanded by 0.4%, in line with market expectations but below a 0.6% increase in the first three months of this year.”

“The British economy is now 1.2% bigger than a year ago, the ONS said.”

“May's growth was revised down from 0.1% to zero growth.”

“Sales volumes rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.6% from April, helped by a 1.7% jump in household goods sales and a 1% increase in food sales, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.”

“It said retail sales failed to grow in April compared with the previous month, down from the 0.3% growth initially reported.”

“The ONS data showed that sales volumes in May were up 2.2% from the same point last year.”

“Output rose by 2.0% compared with February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.”

“The ONS estimated that the data would add 0.1 percentage points to the UK's first-quarter GDP growth - initially estimated at 0.2%.”

“Manufacturing output rose by 2.3% on a month-on-month basis.”

“Earlier the ONS reported 2% rise in industrial output for March - much stronger than anticipated by many analysts.”

“The official statistics body said it now expected to revise its estimate for first-quarter growth up to 0.3%, all else being equal.”

“Output fell by 0.4% compared with March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said”

“births in England and Wales fell for the fourth year in a row in 2025, to their lowest level in nearly half a century.”

“The value of imports exceeded exports by £3.7bn ($5.5bn), up from £2.2bn gap recorded in February.”

“Exports crept up by just 1%, whereas imports rose by 5.2%.”

“The number of people unemployed in the UK increased by 23,000 to 2.47 million during the three months to April, official figures have shown.”

“The unemployment rate was 7.9%, up from 7.8% in the quarter to January.”

“the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell in May by 30,900 to 1.48 million, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.”

“when compared with the figures for the three months to March, overall unemployment has fallen from 2.51 million.”

“the number of people classed as economically inactive - those out of work and not seeking employment - rose by 29,000 during the three months to April to 8.19 million.”

“This is the highest level since records began, and represents 21.5% of the working age population.”

“The number of people out of work for more than a year increased by 85,000 to 772,000”

“unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds rose by 11,000 to 926,000.”

“the number of people in employment increased by 5,000 to 28.9 million.”

“the number of people employed in the public sector increased by 28,000 in the year to the end of March 2010 to total 6.09m.”

“UK inflation accelerated again in April to hit its highest rate in 17 months, official figures show. On the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure, inflation hit 3.7% - well above the target of 2% and t…”

“The cost of food rose by 2.6%, the ONS said, thanks largely to rising transport costs over the last 12 months. Fuel costs have increased by more than 25% in that time, the ONS said.”

“According to data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), births in England and Wales fell for the fourth year in a row in 2025, to their lowest level in nearly half a century.”