The public sector ran a £15bn surplus in January – the biggest on record for that month – as a result of strong taxes coming in, official figures have revealed.
The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
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.
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...
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.
Borrowing in the first six months of 2015/16 was £7.5bn lower than the previous year, latest figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed.
Unemployment has crept up for the second month running, with 25,000 more people out of work over the three months to June, compared with the first quarter of the year.
The number of people out of work has increased for the first time since the first three months in 2013, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed today.