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14 May 20
UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
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10 Dec 19
UK GDP failed to grow in the three months to October because of falls in the manufacturing and construction industries, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.
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22 Nov 19
UK borrowing has risen to a five-year high as political leaders have laid out large spending plans, official figures have shown.
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31 Oct 19
Earnings have grown faster in Scotland than in the rest of the UK over the past year, raising hopes that the Scottish economy could be boosted by higher than anticipated income tax revenues.
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24 Oct 19
Borrowing leapt by more than a fifth in the first six months of the financial year compared with the same period in 2018, official figures have shown.
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14 Aug 19
Unemployment in Scotland has risen by 0.4 percentage points, although it remains below the rate in the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
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21 Dec 16
Public sector borrowing in the first eight months of the financial year is £7.7bn lower than in the same period of 2015-16, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National...
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21 Sep 16
Public sector borrowing for August decreased by £0.9bn to £10.5bn compared with the same month last year, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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19 Aug 16
The UK public sector received more in taxes and other income than it spent to record a surplus of £1bn in July, according to official figures released today.
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17 Aug 16
The unemployment rate in the UK in the second quarter of 2016 was the lowest in more than a decade, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics released today.
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21 Jul 16
The UK employment rate has climbed to 74.4%, the highest since records began in 1971.
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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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15 Jun 16
Public sector employment has seen two quarter-on-quarter increases for the first time since 2008 according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics.
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21 Apr 16
Chancellor George Osborne missed the public sector borrowing goal in 2015-16 by around £1.8bn, with the deficit totalling £74.0bn according to provisional figures published by the Office for National...
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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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23 Dec 15
Economic growth in the UK has been revised down for both the second and third quarters of 2015, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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22 Dec 15
Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that the government could miss its deficit target for 2015/16 by as much as £7bn after public sector borrowing for November increased by £1.3bn compared to...
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25 Nov 15
To deliver the reform he wants, George Osborne needs better ways to measure public sector productivity
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24 Nov 15
Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
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20 Nov 15
Public sector borrowing in October stood at £8.2bn, the highest deficit for the month since 2009, according to official figures.
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19 Nov 15
The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
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30 Oct 15
The Office for National Statistics has today classified housing associations as part of the public sector, leading to an estimated £60bn increase in public sector net debt.
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14 Oct 15
The UK unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since the middle of 2008, official figures have revealed today.
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19 May 15
The UK is officially in deflation for the first time since 1960 as prices fell in the economy over the year to April, the Office for National Statistics has announced today.
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13 May 15
The UK’s employment rate fell to 5.5% in the three months to March, the lowest since mid-2008, while wages rose ahead of inflation, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
14 May 20UK GDP contracted by 2% in the first quarter of this year, the biggest drop since the 2008 financial crisis, according to statistics from the Office for National Statistics.
31 Oct 19Earnings have grown faster in Scotland than in the rest of the UK over the past year, raising hopes that the Scottish economy could be boosted by higher than anticipated income tax revenues.
14 Aug 19Unemployment in Scotland has risen by 0.4 percentage points, although it remains below the rate in the UK as a whole, according to the latest data.
21 Dec 16Public sector borrowing in the first eight months of the financial year is £7.7bn lower than in the same period of 2015-16, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National...
19 Aug 16The UK public sector received more in taxes and other income than it spent to record a surplus of £1bn in July, according to official figures released today.
17 Aug 16The unemployment rate in the UK in the second quarter of 2016 was the lowest in more than a decade, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics released today.
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...
15 Jun 16Public sector employment has seen two quarter-on-quarter increases for the first time since 2008 according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics.
11 Mar 16The 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...
23 Dec 15Economic growth in the UK has been revised down for both the second and third quarters of 2015, the Office for National Statistics has said.
22 Dec 15Chancellor George Osborne has been warned that the government could miss its deficit target for 2015/16 by as much as £7bn after public sector borrowing for November increased by £1.3bn compared to...
24 Nov 15Facts and figures from the December 2015 edition of Public Finance magazine, including pay growth, Bank of England forecasts, international health provision, student satisfaction, and refugee numbers.
19 Nov 15The chancellor will have to maintain a relentless focus on public sector productivity to meet his ambitious plans for public finances.
30 Oct 15The Office for National Statistics has today classified housing associations as part of the public sector, leading to an estimated £60bn increase in public sector net debt.
13 May 15The UK’s employment rate fell to 5.5% in the three months to March, the lowest since mid-2008, while wages rose ahead of inflation, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
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