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What matters most to people in the UK and has that changed over time?

Liz McKeown
February 10, 2023

Categories: Data, Economy, Environment, ONS, Population, Public Policy, Wellbeing

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Since 2011, the ONS has been measuring ‘National Well-being’ to evaluate how we are doing as a nation. National Well-being includes the things that people have told us matter most to them, across the environment, society and economy. Here Liz McKeown looks at our GDP & Beyond work, focusing on responses to our recent online survey reviewing how we measure National Well-being.

The Year in Numbers

Ian Diamond
December 23, 2022

Categories: Census, Coronavirus, Data, Economy, Environment, Health, ONS, Population, Wellbeing

To mark the end of 2022, the National Statistician Professor Sir Ian Diamond, looks back on another year of notable statistics which saw the release of over 1,000 publications from the Office for National Statistics.

PODCAST: The Year in Review

Statistically Speaking
December 21, 2022

Categories: Census, Data, Economy, Environment, Health, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Population, Public Policy, Wellbeing

It has been another momentous year for the Office for National Statistics. National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, joins Miles in…

Understanding climate change through statistics & data

Jo Evans
November 14, 2022

Categories: Environment, Office for National Statistics, ONS

Tree with Right hand side full of leaves on health patch of grass and the other half is dead with no leaves on a dried up patch of mud

Climate change is a challenging and complex issue involving many interacting systems. As Jo Evans explains, robust and accessible statistics aid understanding and equip policymakers, broader stakeholders and citizens to make decisions, and inform more effective response.

Inclusive measures of growth – How ONS is moving Beyond GDP

Richard Heys
November 11, 2022

Categories: Coronavirus, Economy, Environment, Office for National Statistics, ONS, Public Policy, Wellbeing

GDP is a well-used metric for measuring changes in the size of economies around the world. However, it has its limitations. Richard Heys writes about the continuing developments at the ONS to go beyond GDP by including measures of the impact of growth on people, the climate and environment.