Figures from the Office for National Statistics, ONS, show 65,450 new businesses were created across the UK in the three months to December – down 8.5% from the same quarter a year earlier and the ...

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UK pledges to open up new sites for mini nuclear power stations

Britain on Thursday promised to free more sites for nuclear energy developments across England and Wales, seeking to attract private investment into Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) as part of its push ...

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Government will not boost economic growth ‘until mental health crisis tackled’

NHS data shows one in five children and young people experience a common mental health problem such as anxiety or depression.

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Workforce data shake-up could see people obliged to take part in ONS Labour Force Survey

The country's national statistician tells MPs the ONS needs more money and access to government data streams as part of efforts to bolster the quality of its core reporting.

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ONS chief Sir Ian Diamond confident in UK's rising health-related economic inactivity data

Sir Ian Diamond, the UK's national statistician, said that work from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on health-related inactivity "hangs together" with a range of other figures ...

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