The latest episode of the Statistically Speaking podcast reveals how the ONS is now measuring UK consumer price inflation with data gathered from supermarket checkouts. Our guests explain why it’s a step change in the production of this vital economic indicator that broadens our understanding of the real cost of the living.
For almost two centuries detailed data on childbearing by mothers has been produced. However, until now, completing that fertility picture with data on fathers has been more challenging. Here Greg Ceely explains why a change in legislation in 1960, and the subsequent digitisation of births data, means the ONS is now able to provide fresh insights on fathers over a lifetime.
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The ONS has been helping to establish global standards for official statistics on climate and health. In March this year, the United Nations Statistical Commission decided to incorporate six new indicators developed in this project into the authoritative Global Set of Climate Change Related Indicators and Statistics. Here Myer Glickman, Head of Climate and Global Health at the Office for National Statistics, explains what has been involved and his hopes for what they will achieve.
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Annual international net migration is down by three-quarters of a million people since its peak in early 2023. In today’s blog, Sarah Crofts looks at what is driving this change, explores patterns of British migration and looks ahead to future developments that will give a clearer picture of emigration.
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Permanent Secretary, Darren Tierney, discusses how the ONS will continue to strengthen the quality, timeliness and resilience of its statistics, with its new three-year Business Plan.
Read more on Securing the future of ONS statistics: What we’ve achieved and what comes next
There has been recent interest in seasonal patterns in the UK economy and how they are evolving. James Benford writes about the work taking place at the ONS to ensure they continue to be accurately accounted for in our key indicators, such as GDP.
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