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23 Mar 18
Public sector employment in the UK fell by 132,000 between September and December last year because of housing association reclassification, official figures have shown.
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24 Jan 18
Government borrowing in December 2017 dropped by half compared with the same period in 2016 because of higher tax receipts and a rebate from the EU, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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21 Dec 17
The UK’s public sector borrowing is forecast to increase to £49.9bn during the current financial year, ending in March 2018, according to official figures.
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22 Sep 17
Government borrowing reached its lowest August level in a decade, according to official figures.
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30 Aug 17
Increasing numbers of people live in a household where at least one person is in work, the Office for National Statistics has found.
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15 Aug 17
Inflation has remained at 2.6% in July, unchanged from June, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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16 Jun 17
Ministers and civil servants will no longer have access to national statistics 24 hours ahead of official publication, it has been announced.
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14 Jun 17
The number of public sector workers dropped by 20,000 in March 2017 compared to the same month last year, according to official figures.
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25 May 17
The growth rate of the UK economy was slower than expected in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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17 May 17
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6% - its lowest in 42 years - but wage growth falling behind inflation is causing a pay squeeze, official figures show.
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21 Mar 17
Public sector borrowing for the financial year-to-date is at its lowest level since 2008, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics – but inflation has now...
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19 Aug 16
In such a data-rich world, how can the public trust government figures? Ed Humpherson of the UK Statistics Authority talks to PF about his plans to improve regulation and champion professional...
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22 Jun 16
Public sector borrowing has increased in the first two months of 2016-17, despite large reductions in grants from Whitehall to local authorities, according to figures from the Office for National...
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25 May 16
Public sector borrowing in the 2015-16 financial year has been revised upwards by £2bn and now stands at £76.0bn, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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11 Mar 16
The economy could be larger than official statistics show as measurements fail to effectively capture new forms of activity in the digital economy, according to a government-commissioned review by...
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29 Feb 16
The UK statistics watchdog needs to stop “marking its own homework” and hand on its scrutiny role to an advisory body, the chair of the Treasury select committee has said.
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23 Aug 15
Facts and figures from the July/August of Public Finance, focusing on voter concerns, upcoming cuts, deflation and GDP
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6 Aug 15
The independent review of UK economic statistics has issued a call for evidence.
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17 Feb 15
Inflation in the UK fell by to 0.3% January, the lowest level on record, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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22 Jan 15
Public sector borrowing in December was £2.9bn more than in the same month last year due to a controversial payment the government had to make towards the European Union’s budget, it has been...
23 Mar 18Public sector employment in the UK fell by 132,000 between September and December last year because of housing association reclassification, official figures have shown.
24 Jan 18Government borrowing in December 2017 dropped by half compared with the same period in 2016 because of higher tax receipts and a rebate from the EU, according to the Office for National Statistics.
21 Dec 17The UK’s public sector borrowing is forecast to increase to £49.9bn during the current financial year, ending in March 2018, according to official figures.
22 Sep 17Government borrowing reached its lowest August level in a decade, according to official figures.
30 Aug 17Increasing numbers of people live in a household where at least one person is in work, the Office for National Statistics has found.
16 Jun 17Ministers and civil servants will no longer have access to national statistics 24 hours ahead of official publication, it has been announced.
14 Jun 17The number of public sector workers dropped by 20,000 in March 2017 compared to the same month last year, according to official figures.
25 May 17The growth rate of the UK economy was slower than expected in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
17 May 17The UK unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6% - its lowest in 42 years - but wage growth falling behind inflation is causing a pay squeeze, official figures show.
21 Mar 17Public sector borrowing for the financial year-to-date is at its lowest level since 2008, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics – but inflation has now...
19 Aug 16In such a data-rich world, how can the public trust government figures? Ed Humpherson of the UK Statistics Authority talks to PF about his plans to improve regulation and champion professional...
22 Jun 16Public sector borrowing has increased in the first two months of 2016-17, despite large reductions in grants from Whitehall to local authorities, according to figures from the Office for National...
25 May 16Public sector borrowing in the 2015-16 financial year has been revised upwards by £2bn and now stands at £76.0bn, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics.
29 Feb 16The UK statistics watchdog needs to stop “marking its own homework” and hand on its scrutiny role to an advisory body, the chair of the Treasury select committee has said.
17 Feb 15Inflation in the UK fell by to 0.3% January, the lowest level on record, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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