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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

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The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK. Contact ons.gov.uk/aboutus

Joined November 2010

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We've updated our Economic activity and social change real-time indicators dashboard. It provides a weekly overview of the UK economy and society, based on rapid response surveys, novel data sources, and innovative methods. Explore the dashboard 🔎 ons.gov.uk/economy/econom…
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There were 100,911,620 guest nights spent in short-term lets in the UK from January to December 2025. This is an 11.5% increase in guest nights from the previous 12-month period (90,507,070). Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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Wales had the largest increase in guest nights among individual UK countries, rising by 17.4%, from 6,282,250 in 2024 to 7,374,780 in 2025. Northern Ireland had the lowest increase of 10.8%, while Scotland rose by 10.9% and England by 11.1%.
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Jun 24
In 2025, for guest nights among local authorities: · North Yorkshire had the largest increase, up 20.5%, followed by Cornwall, up 13.0% · Brighton and Hove had the largest fall, down 3.7% Explore short-term lets in your local area 🔎 ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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Jun 24
11,179 deaths were registered in England and Wales, week ending 12 June 2026: · 2.5% higher than expected (273 more deaths) · 11.0% involved influenza or pneumonia (1,226 deaths) · 0.1% involved Coronavirus (9 deaths) Dashboard ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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Jun 19
We’ve published a blog on an operational issue which will temporarily impact labour force survey data quality. It describes the immediate action taken and work in train on a wider lessons-learned plan to further progress the recovery of our statistics.
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Learning from an operational issue temporarily impacting LFS data, in support of our continued...
Over the last year the ONS has been focusing resources on its headline economic statistics and progressing improvements, particularly on our complex labour market data. In line with our commitmen
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Jun 19
The latest insights from our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (6 to 31 May 2026). The cost of living, the NHS, and the economy have been the most commonly reported important issues facing the UK since October 2022. Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
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63% of adults reported being very or somewhat worried about rising costs of living in the past two weeks. Those aged 30 to 49 years appeared more likely to report this (69%), compared with: · 64% of those aged 16 to 29 years · 59% of those aged 50 to 69 · 58% of those aged 70+
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Jun 19
77% of adults reported being very or somewhat worried about international conflict. The most commonly reported worries about international conflict were: · fuel availability or prices (67%) · energy supply or prices (66%) · safety or well-being of those directly affected (61%)
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Retail sales were 0.4% up in March to May 2026 on the previous three months. Department stores did well in May because of good weather, while computer and telecoms retailers continued to grow following product releases in March 2026. Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust…
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Commenting on today’s retail sales figures, ONS senior statistician Jon Gough said 💬
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Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was £23.3 billion in May 2026, £5.4 billion (30.4%) more than in May 2025. Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/govern…
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Public sector net financial liabilities excluding public sector banks were provisionally estimated at 84.7% of GDP at the end of May 2026. This was 1.9 percentage points more than in May 2025.
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Commenting on today’s public sector finances figures for May 2026, ONS senior statistician Tom Davies said 💬
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Jun 18
37% of trading businesses reported an increase in prices of goods and services bought in May 2026, 4 percentage points down from April (40%), but 7 percentage points up from February (29%). Aside from March and April 2026, this is the highest proportion since March 2023.
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Of trading businesses: · 19% expect the prices of goods and services that they sell to increase in July 2026, this is broadly stable with expectations for June 2026 · 27% cited energy prices as a factor for considering raising prices in July 2026 ➡️ ons.gov.uk/businessindust…
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63% of trading businesses expressed some degree of concern regarding energy prices in early June 2026, broadly stable with late May. 65% of trading businesses reported some degree of concern about fuel prices in early June, down 3 percentage points from late May.
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Jun 18
Consumer activity grew in May 2026. Compared with April 2026 there were increases in: · UK retail footfall · seasonally adjusted Revolut debit card spending  · the Direct Debit average transaction amount  Read the article ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/econom…
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Jun 18
The annual growth rate for the average price of fuel in May 2026: · increased 4 percentage points compared with the previous month · increased 35 percentage points compared with May 2025
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The number of potential redundancies in May 2026: · increased 64% compared with April 2026 · increased 57% compared with May 2025 This is the highest monthly total since the high numbers recorded in 2020.
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