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You draw the charts: 60 years of change
In October 1957 BBC Radio 4’s Today programme went on the air for the first time. A lot has changed in the last 60 years: we are living much longer; attitudes to sex and marriage have become more...
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Explore the gender pay gap and test your knowledge
The gender pay gap for full-time employees now stands at 9.1% in favour of men, the lowest since records began in 1997. What is the gender pay gap? Calculated as the difference between average hourly...
View ArticleThe UK contribution to the EU budget
The financial relationship between the UK and the European Union (EU) continues to be a major talking point as the terms of Brexit are negotiated. In 2016, the government spent £814.6 billion on all...
View ArticleHow does deprivation vary by leading cause of death?
The more deprived areas in both England and Wales experienced a higher number of deaths from leading causes such as heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases and lung cancer than less deprived...
View ArticleUK interest rate rise: what’s changed in the last decade?
Concerns about “inflation over target”5 and “limited” slack in the economy have prompted the Bank of England to raise interest rates for the first time in more than a decade. At noon today (2 November...
View ArticleIs pay higher in the public or private sector?
Public sector workers earned 1% less per hour, on average, than private sector workers with equivalent characteristics in 2016, initial ONS analysis shows. What is the public sector pay freeze? The...
View ArticleLondon had the smallest gender pay gap 20 years ago, but now it has the largest
The pay gap between men and women working in London has barely changed in over two decades, new ONS analysis shows. While in 1997 the capital had the narrowest gender pay gap, there has been little...
View ArticleThe productivity slowdown: The what, the how, but little evidence of the why
The UK government has unveiled its industrial strategy, which is seeking, among other things, to help boost the productivity of the country. Productivity is a much-talked about aspect of the economy –...
View ArticleMigration since the Brexit vote: what’s changed in six charts
We now have migration statistics for the first full year since the UK voted to leave the EU. These figures refer to people arriving or leaving the UK for 12 months or more. Here’s what we know so far....
View ArticleWhat is my life expectancy? And how might it change?
A man aged 65 years in the UK can now expect to live, on average, to 85.6 and a woman of the same age to 87.8, new figures reveal. A boy born today could expect to live to 89.5, whilst a girl could...
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