New figures using the lead CPIH index show how inflation has impacted different groups from retired and working age households to those with or without children. Below, ONS Economist Tanya Flower looks at the history of inflation as well as the different approaches to measuring changing prices and how they affect different people.
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Since ONS released its latest statistics there’s been much talk of a ‘13% increase in crime’. But that number only reflects crimes recorded by the police. To really understand trends in crime we need to look at a range of crime types and data sources, as Iain Bell explains…
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Media reports have suggested that half a trillion pounds of UK-held foreign assets have gone ‘missing’, leaving the country ‘poorer’ as a result. But how fair is this interpretation of the latest data? Jonathan Athow explains the true position.
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Nigel Henretty reveals how ONS is experimenting by tapping into linked and open data to establish average monthly rent prices for small areas.
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“If we have selected you at random, we need you to fill in the survey to help the randomness do its work.” Jonathan Athow explains a principle that lies at the heart of good statistics.
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