Official figures showed higher spending on public services, while national debt hit levels last seen in the early 1960s.

The chancellor is already seeking big savings to fill, what she says, is a £22bn legacy black hole in the public finances.

Late last month the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released new data on suicides in England and Wales for 2023. It ...

New headache for Rachel Reeves as public borrowing hits 100% of GDP for first time since 1961 - The public finances have been ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has reported a rise in retail sales volumes for August, with supermarkets helping to ...

Money blog: Inflation data released by Office for National Statistics shortly The latest inflation data is released this ...

Civil servants are threatening to boycott the office for a year after bosses at Britain’s official statistics agency banned ...

The Independent has partnered with Refuge to build a safe, secure home for women fleeing abuse through the Brick by Brick ...

British house prices rose by an annual 2.2% in July, the fifth monthly rise in a row but the pace of increase cooled and was ...

By Eshe Nelson The country’s statistics agency published new “experimental” labor market data, the latest in a series of economic re-evaluations. By Eshe Nelson The larger-than-expected ...

The latest official figures from the Office for National Statistics show that public sector net debt is 100% of the nation’s ...

Staff at the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have voted to strike in protest at plans requiring them to be in the office for at least 40% of the working week. In a ballot of PCS trade union ...