When the Office for National Statistics ceased to be a member of the European Statistical System in 2020, all work with Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, ended. National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, explains how a new arrangement on statistical cooperation marks a reset in our working relationship.
What does an air fryer, a loaf of bread and vinyl records have in common? Well, these are just a few of the items tracked by the ONS to help us determine how the prices of a wide range of goods and services change annually in the UK. That’s the subject of our next webinar in the ‘Bringing data to life’ series.
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Today, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced that the Government will use a broader definition of debt for its fiscal target, Public Sector Net Financial Liabilities (PSNFL), referred to by government as ‘net financial debt’. Jessica Barnaby explains how that statistic is defined and how it differs from the metric used before.
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Today the ONS has published its latest annual estimates of employee earnings in the UK. Recognising recent challenges with the data, we have introduced new methods and processing improvements this year, which have resulted in some bigger revisions than usual. Liz McKeown explains the impact of the changes and looks ahead to further improvements in the quality of the data.
Read more on Exploring this year’s earnings figures Last year the ONS began a review of its measurement of public services productivity. With public services currently equating to…
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ONS Local is a service from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) that offers tailored data and insights to local authorities and communities. Emma Hickman writes about a recent ‘datathon’ where the script was flipped. Teams of local leaders delved directly into the data themselves to investigate a problem their area was facing.
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