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.
Read more on Bringing data to life: pricing up the cost of living
Last year the ONS began a review of its measurement of public services productivity. With public services currently equating to…
Read more on How we are transforming our understanding of public services productivity
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.
Read more on Learning how local data can influence policy
Part of the role of the Office for National Statistics is to assess whether various organisations should be considered part…
Read more on Public sector or private sector: How the ONS decides – and why it matters
In the latest episode of Statistically Speaking we explore how the ONS measures our natural environment and the green economy….
Read more on Green Data: Measuring the Environment
