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In today’s newsletter: Birthrates are falling – and many of the reasons are the same across the world

Figures on GDP, wages and inflation this week are set to offer Labour plenty of scope for criticising Tories’ economic competence

City Comment: Along with unemployment, home repossession is probably the most distressing symptom of recession.

The announcement ends weeks of speculation about the policy

The new data, derived from experimental results within the Labour Force Survey, could potentially exert pressure on the Bank of England to reconsider any immediate plans for interest rate cuts.

ONS figures suggest long-term sickness is preventing more people from looking for work

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