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Measuring labour productivity: our new approach

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Measuring labour productivity: our new approach

Today the ONS has published a research paper setting out an improved approach to estimating labour productivity that uses the…

Supporting the health of newborns with new data

  • Dr Claire Sellwood Green
  • October 30, 2026
Categories: Data, Health, ONS, Population
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Over the past year we have been working to publish data faster to support improvements to infant health. In this blog, Dr Claire Sellwood Green reports on the latest step in this process: publishing figures on neonatal deaths every quarter.

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A rise in domestic abuse estimates — but too soon to identify a trend

  • Meghan Elkin
  • October 22, 2026
Categories: Crime, Crime, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population

Domestic abuse can have devastating consequences yet often remains hidden. Our best measure for understanding the scale of this abuse…

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A year of progress for our annual earnings survey

  • Liz McKeown and Kate Davies
  • October 22, 2026
Categories: Economy, Labour Market, ONS, Surveys

Today the ONS has published the latest data from its Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), which provides critical…

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Improved surveys and statistics delivering new insights on the UK economy

James Benford is Director-General for Surveys and Economic and Social Statistics at the Office for National Statistics.
  • James Benford
  • October 14, 2026
Categories: ONS
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Today we are publishing the latest quarterly update on our Surveys and Economic Statistics Improvement Plan. James Benford looks back at some of the important improvements delivered in the last quarter, reviews performance and sets out plans for the coming months.

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What can business data tell us about the market share of large firms?

  • Sumit Dey-Chowdhury
  • October 13, 2026
Categories: Business, Economy, ONS
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Using existing business microdata, the ONS has today published new statistics on industry concentration, which measures the extent to which…

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