National Statistical

The Labour Force Survey has for many years been the cornerstone of ONS statistics on UK employment. While now complemented by other, often faster sources of information like real-time PAYE data, it remains the richest source of data on many aspects of the world of work and wider society. Darren Morgan discusses the challenges this survey faced during the pandemic and how we now plan to transform it. 

Among the very largest numbers produced by the ONS are the financial estimates of the value of the UK itself – its physical assets, and, perhaps most fundamentally, the value of the land beneath our feet. In this post Marianthi Dunn explains how the ONS is improving the measurement of land value – and why it matters.

Income and earning statistics are important metrics used to measure changes in our society, including the numbers of people in poverty and the gap between rich and poor. Debra Prestwood tells us about a new interactive tool that pulls together information from across government on this topic into one easy-to-find location.