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A Labour MP said the figures ‘demonstrate the staggering scale of our country’s housing crisis’.

Although the British population is ageing, the disparity between those of working age and those of retirement age has not been 20 to 1 in 110 years.

Kemi Badenoch has become the first Black leader of a UK-wide political party. But her ascent is unlikely to translate into meaningful gains for Black Britons.

Noah beaten into second place for boys, while Olivia keeps top slot for girls

The data was published by the Office for National Statistics

GLASGOW has been replaced as the local area in Britain with the lowest male life expectancy at birth – the first time the Scottish city has not…

Glasgow had recorded the lowest life expectancy for males in set of estimates since 2001.

It said it is now ‘unlikely’ it will be able to introduce a revamped version of its Labour Force Survey in mid-2025.

Treasury and Bank of England ‘is making bad decisions’ amid complaints about quality of official employment data

In May last year, we learned that net migration to the UK (the number of people immigrating minus the number emigrating) had reached an unusually high level of 606,000 in 2022. Except it hadn’t — it was actually 745,000, we were told later in the year.

Net migration to the UK hit a record 900,000 in the year to June 2023, sparking political backlash and concerns over its impact on public services, housing, and community cohesion.