Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe after the first wave, ONS study reveals

Britain had the highest excess death toll in Europe last summer after the first wave, a study by the Office for National Statistics revealed today. The ONS report found the UK suffered 6.7 per cent more deaths than normal from the start of 2020 to the week ending June 26. Spain had the second-highest level (5.9 … Read more

Hand sanitiser added to ONS inflation shopping basket

Hand sanitiser and home workout gear are added to basket for calculating inflation as watchdog makes changes for Covid fallout The Office for National Statistics has now updated its inflation shopping basket Items used to measure changes in the cost of living now include hand sanitiser  Home workout gear and smart watches also added after … Read more

Teachers are NOT more at risk of catching Covid, ONS data finds

Teachers are no more likely to catch coronavirus than their peers, an official report has confirmed amid concerns about schools reopening next week. The Office for National Statistics study of 120 schools in England at the start of the second wave found similar rates of Covid antibodies among school staff and the general public.  About 14.6 … Read more

Covid UK: Parents feeling strain of home-schooling, ONS data shows

Parents are increasingly feeling the strain of home-schooling during Covid crisis as half say it is negatively affecting their wellbeing while two thirds say it is negatively affecting their children’s wellbeing Latest Office for National Statistics data showed growing toll of home-schooling Half of parents surveyed in January said it is negatively affecting their wellbeing … Read more

Covid cases have fallen by nearly 50% in a fortnight, ONS estimates

Coronavirus cases have plunged by nearly 50 per cent in a fortnight in England, official data revealed today. Office for National Statistics (ONS) data showed 481,300 people in the nation were suffering from a Covid-19 infection in the week to February 12, the equivalent of 1 in 115 people. This was 30 per cent below … Read more

House prices jumped £20k in 2020, ONS / Land Registry reveals

A dash for detached homes and the hunt for more space in lockdown helped send the average house price in the UK up £20,000 in 2020, official figures revealed  House prices increased by 8.5 per cent in 2020, reaching a record high of £252,000, aided by lockdown buyers looking for bigger homes and the stamp … Read more

ONS: Average home added £20k of value in 2020

House prices increased by 8.5 per cent in 2020, reaching a record high of £252,000 – although the market is now predicted to cool off unless an extension to the stamp duty holiday is announced. The annual level of growth was the highest Britain has seen since October 2014, according to new data published by … Read more

Covid England and Wales: ONS data shows where second wave hit hardest

More than half of local authorities in England and Wales were hit harder by the pandemic in January than at the peak of the first wave, official figures reveal.  Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 54 per cent – 182 out of 336 – registered more deaths from Covid in the first four weeks … Read more

ONS warns on comparing international GDP figures

Statistics experts today raised questions over whether the UK has really been the worst hit major economy during coronavirus. Analysis from the government’s watchdog pointed out that many other countries in the G7 do not compile GDP figures in the same way.     After Rishi Sunak complained that the data do not show the true … Read more

England STILL had more than a million people infected with coronavirus last week, ONS study claims

England STILL had more than a million people infected with coronavirus last week, ONS study claims as symptom-tracking app says cases are still falling but ‘the decrease is running out of steam’ By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 12:25 GMT, 29 January 2021 | Updated: 12:38 GMT, 29 January 2021 Advertisement More … Read more