The Latest Breaking News from Office for National Statistics

If the population is to grow on the scale predicted the UK will need the infrastructure to service a much-expanded citizenry

The really interesting thing about the projections for population growth from the Office for National Statistics this week is the extent it’s not being talked about. In case you missed it, the ONS said that, based on existing trends, the population of Britain is projected to rise by 6.6 million by…

One in 10 Londoners say their mental health has been negatively affected by the anxiety of keeping up with their rent or mortgage, the highest proportion of any region in Britain, figures show.

Projected increase almost entirely down to net migration, ONS says

Firms that trumpet larger packets and improved formulas should also be frank about the shrinkflation that is giving the consumer less, says Hilary Osborne, the Guardian’s consumer and money editor

Police recorded 402,482 shoplifting offences in 12 months to September, ONS figures reveal

However, spending is at a new level with £4.688 billion spent in shops, hotels, restaurants and attractions

City Comment: Long after the dust has settled on the election, the Chancellor will be judged on whether he delivered a responsible and sustainable Budget

Tata Steel confirmed plans to close two Welsh blast furnaces and cut up to 2,800 jobs

Analysis of ONS statistics shows one in four ‘economically inactive’ people live in areas with high levels of poor health

Many more Britons can now vote in the next general election, the date of which has yet to be decided by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak