UK price statistics to use supermarket data which may lower inflation rate slightly

By David Milliken LONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday that it plans to go ...
THE WEEK

Lies, damned lies, and statistics: what's gone wrong at the ONS?

The Office for National Statistics has had to delay the release of trade data due to errors in its analysis – the latest setback for the beleaguered government agency. The delay of the trade data, ...
Reuters

UK statistics office delays retail sales data release by two weeks

LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Britain's Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday it was delaying Friday's scheduled release of July retail sales data by two weeks, the latest in a string of ...

Wage growth falls as unemployment stays at highest level for nearly five years

Wage growth falls as unemployment stays at highest level for nearly five years - The Office for National Statistics said retail and hospitality sectors have seen some of the biggest falls in payrolled ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Staff at UK Statistics Body Vote to Extend Industrial Action

Staff at the UK’s Office for National Statistics voted to continue industrial action, a fresh setback for the agency that comes just a day after the government launched an investigation into the ...
Reuters

Struggling UK stats office to split leadership, focus on core data

LONDON, June 26 (Reuters) - Britain's statistics office will split its leadership and invest more money as part of a push to fix problems with its economic data that have hampered the Bank of England ...

ONS issues crucial update for high streets on UK's retail economy in December

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, is estimated to have risen by 0.4% in December ...