The Office for National Statistics is scaling back its work in key areas of public policy in order to focus resources on core UK economic statistics, according to plans published on Thursday.

Retail sales volumes climbed 1.2% on month in April, higher than expected and the first fourth-straight monthly increase ...

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute. It is responsible for collecting ...

The overall quantity of sales increased by 0.4% in March, following a rise of 0.7% in February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. The figure beat forecasts after most analysts had ...

National Statistician Ian Diamond, head of the Office for National Statistics and chief statistics adviser to the U.K. government, is resigning with immediate effect due to health issues ...

The government has asked a former top civil servant to conduct an independent investigation into the effectiveness of the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The Bank of England has previously ...

Late last week the head of the Office for National Statistics, Sir Ian Diamond, revealed that he is stepping down for health reasons following more than five years in post Professor Sir Ian Diamond ha ...

UKSA chair Sir Robert Chote said Diamond had shown “tireless energy” and overseen many successes at the ONS “during a remarkable period of economic and societal change, particularly during the ...

The head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has resigned because “ongoing health issues” mean he could not give the organisation the “full commitment” required to drive it forward.

The Office for National Statistics said Thursday that it has pushed back the January trade release to March 28 after problems relating to services trade data for 2023. Earlier this week it flagged ...

On National Beer Garden Day we take a look at the number of lost pubs in Wolverhampton, Walsall Dudley and Sandwell ...

Less than half of UK workers would comply with full-time return to office mandates, according to researchers at King’s ...