Press release

  1. UK Statistics Authority Statement on the future of the RPI

    The Advisory Panel on Consumer Prices provided advice to the National Statistician on the composition of the Retail Prices Index (RPI) in light of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee report Measuring Inflation, published in January 2019. Taking account of that advice, the then National Statistician concluded that the current position was unsatisfactory and […]

  2. Digital-first census will help shape public services

    Plans for the digital first census in 2021 have been set out in a white paper published today. Information gathered by the Office for National Statistics through the census will help shape public services and ensure they are targeted into communities and groups where they are needed, in 2021 and beyond. And, for the first […]