Local data at your fingertips
Local data is a precious commodity that not only allows people to understand more about the area in which they…
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Hear how ONS has joined BBC micro:bit – the next gen campaign to help UK primary schools discover more about their playgrounds whilst taking part in a nationwide survey.
Read more on Micro:bits at the ready: Playground survey brings data science to schools across the UKUsing the power of linked data to understand factors preventing people from working
Nearly 9 million working-age people in the UK were not working or looking for work – that is, economically inactive – from May to July 2023. This figure includes more than 2.5 million people inactive due to long-term sickness, an increase of half-a-million people since before the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma Rourke explains how linked, population-level data can improve our understanding of the interplay between health and work, with the goal of improving the wellbeing of individuals and the economy.
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Many economic forces are global, but some of the solutions to issues like competitiveness, productivity and inequality often begin on…
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The ONS led the way informing the UK response to the Coronavirus pandemic, but looking beyond our shores, how well…
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