The power of a royal baby name
With Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Sussex (Harry and Meghan) expecting their first child soon, ONS Head…
Read more Decoding the gender pay gap: how a Bletchley Park codebreaker helped explain a strange paradox
The gender pay gap is +8.6 per cent for full-time employees but -4.4 per cent for part-timers. So one might expect the average for all workers to be somewhere between those figures, but actually it is higher than either, at +17.9 per cent. What’s the reason for that? And how is this puzzle linked with the work of one of the Bletchley Park codebreakers? Jonathan Athow explains.
Read moreEarly warning signs: How faster data will help policy makers take better decisions
The arrival of new faster economic indicators from the ONS gives policy makers early warning of changes in the UK economy. Louisa Nolan explains how these experimental data are compiled and how they should be interpreted.
Read moreStrengthening Our Housing and Planning Statistics
Across government we’re working to highlight how statistics can best shine a light on society’s evolving questions about housing and planning in the UK. Debra Prestwood outlines the priorities for the coming year and explains how we’re putting users at the heart of our work.
Read moreMaking sure data on sexual orientation rings true as same-sex couples celebrate five years of marriage
The ONS this week published its second full year of data on marriages of same sex couples. Melissa Randall explains how these stats add to ONS’s work to improve data on sexual orientation.
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