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16 Aug 18
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.
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23 May 18
Public sector net borrowing has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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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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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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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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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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22 Oct 15
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.
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24 Aug 15
Increased tax revenue pushed the public finances into surplus in July for the first time since 2012, the Office for National Statistics has reported.
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12 Aug 15
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.
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15 Jul 15
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.
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19 Jun 15
The outturn for public sector borrowing in 2014/15 has been revised up for the third month is a row and now stands at £89.2bn.