Following policy changes, there was a record fall in net migration in 2024. With fewer people arriving on work and study-related visas and emigration returning to pre-pandemic levels, net migration is at the lowest level seen since 2021. Mary Gregory looks in more detail at the latest estimates and considers the impact of falling migration on wider ONS statistics.
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With STEM subjects at the core of ONS’s work, Director of Population Statistics, Mary Gregory, explains why we should all…
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ONS is transforming the way it produces international migration statistics. It has done so against the backdrop of significant change in the UK and abroad. Here Mary Gregory describes how ONS continues to understand more, not only about new data sources, but also changing behaviours of migrants and how that affects the estimates.
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Following a collaboration with the BBC and Micro:bit Foundation ONS Director, Mary Gregory, shares how the results of a playground…
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