All news on the topic: Office for National Statistics

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Tories 'let energy giants off hook' as windfall tax raises £2.7bn below target
Oil and gas firms paid £4.4billion in windfall tax payments in the past year, which is way below the £7.2billion the government had forecast
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NHS horror as millions of GP appointments last under 5 minutes due to shortages
Despite promising to recruit 5,000 more GPs in their 2015 manifesto and 6,000 more in their 2019 manifesto, there are 2,000 fewer full-time, fully trained GPs today than in 2015
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Deadly zombie knives being sold to kids on apps with sick 'pizza-delivery' style
'Zombie knives' are weapons which are particularly dangerous, often having serrated edges. Our reporter, posing as a 17-year-old, was offered four 40 inch weapons for £55
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Ten million people 'give up hope of getting a GP appointment amid NHS crisis'
A poll of 4,500 adults suggests 9.94 million went without primary care in February. More than half blamed long waiting times for an appointment
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Cost of living 'nightmare' to get even worse - 9 vital questions answered
The Office for National Statistics said we last month paid 19% more on a weekly shop, the highest since 1977. Some items have gone up seven times faster than average wages
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7 goods and services where inflation was lower in March - as price of fuel falls
The CPI measure of inflation tracks how prices have changed over 12 months and the drops in inflation doesn't mean that prices are falling, but just that the rate of price rises is slowing
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Inflation falls to 10.1% but price of basic foods hits record high
UK inflation fell to 10.1% in March - this is down from the 10.4% and surprise jump that was recorded in February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said this morning
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Should zero-hour contracts be banned - vote in our poll
The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne has promised to scrap zero-hour contracts if Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street - but what do YOU think? Vote in our poll
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Snapshot of just one week shows carnage on streets of UK as nine murdered
Latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show how homicides have returned to pre-pandemic levels - across the country in the last seven days, nine men aged between 17 and 51 were killed
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Thousands of tenants face 'no fault' eviction amid huge rent rises
'No fault' section 21 evictions soared from 792 to 1,942 between the last three months of 2021 and the same period last year, according to Office for National Statistics figures
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Difference between minimum pay and Real Living Wage 'worth 14 weeks of food'
The analysis comes from the Living Wage Foundation as the Government's legal pay floor rises on Saturday - sparking calls for companies to go even further if they can afford to
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Covid infections will no longer be counted as weekly survey comes to an end
The Covid-19 Infection Survey has published its final weekly update, which estimated that 1.7 million people have the virus
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Inflation rises again as price of food rockets - and it's bad news for mortgages
The price of food, as well as alcohol and dining out in pubs and restaurants, was the main driver behind the surprise rise in inflation in February - here is what you need to know
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Overworked NHS staff being driven to suicide with one life lost every three days
The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics, come as ministers are urged to rethink a move to scrap mental health support funding for NHS workers
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Agony of domestic abuse victims as 32% wait at least 2 years for council houses
Domestic abuse survivors should be at the head of the queue but some 32% on local authority lists have waited at least two years, with just 17% offered homes after 12 months
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Key workers with Long Covid deliver petition to Downing Street demanding support
It comes after the Mirror revealed many NHS workers have already been sacked and up to 10,000 are still struggling to return to work could face the sack
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OAP terrified of being kicked out of retirement home as bills skyrocket by £400
Maggie Jones, 69, fears being made homeless after PA Housing informed residents at her retirement accommodation in Putney, South London, their bills will increase by over £400 a month
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Use our Budget 2023 calculator to see if you'll be better or worse off
Mirror Money editor Levi Winchester rounds up all the key personal finance announcements that appeared in the Budget today so you can see how they will impact your wallet
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Average real wages of men in 50s has fallen by almost £3,000 since 2010
Labour's Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Jonathan Ashworth said working people are 'left paying the price of 13 years of economic failure under the Tories'
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E-bikes and berries are favourite for consumers as cigarettes are smoked out
The ONS says the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on the basket has faded from Brits’ shopping habits this year as officials reveal 2023 Basket of Goods and Services
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UK's richest and poorest areas mapped in clear divide - check your neighbourhood
The richest neighbourhood in the UK is on average more than £55,000 better off than the poorest, according to the ONS which has just released new data into annual household incomes
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Shop owner makes just £13 a day as people 'don't have money' since lockdown
Mohammed Masi, who runs a shop in Catford, London has revealed he makes just £13 a day and is struggling to pay his rent, claiming that people tell him they "don't have money to shop"
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'Modern world seems to be saying - If you don't own smart phone get lost or die
"It’s OK to use technology but don’t penalise us older people. We are comfortable using cash," writes Yasmin Alibhai-Brown
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Chest pain warning after Covid as health problems can last 'years', study finds
A new study in the US into the long-term effects of Covid has found that people are more likely to have chest pains in the six months to a year after having had the virus
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Angela Rayner urges businesses to look at introducing four-day working week
The Labour Deputy Leader told a room of around 300 business leaders to 'please' look at the results of a trial on a four-day working week. The landmark results revealed nearly all firms involved are continuing with the shorter hours