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We've updated our interactive tool exploring the use of different goods and services (or “products”), by UK industries. It can be used to understand which industries are the biggest users of a selected product in their production. The tool can be used to: • understand which industries are the biggest users of a product • show which goods and services are required to produce other products and which of these are produced in the UK • explore how the economy would be affected if final demand for a product were to rise or fall Explore the tool🔎 https://lnkd.in/ettrcUUT

We’ve published the latest insight on the UK economy and society. This release provides early experimental data and analysis on economy activity and social change in the UK. These faster indicators are created using rapid response surveys, novel data sources and experimental methods.    Main points: ▪️Initial results from Wave 146 of the Business Insights and Conditions Survey show the most reported challenge affecting turnover for trading businesses in early December 2025 was economic uncertainty at 33%, followed by cost of labour (21%), competition and cost of materials (both at 20%)  ▪️Initial findings for November 2025 from our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey show around 1 in 3 adults who currently pay mortgage or rent payments reported that they were finding it very or somewhat difficult affording these payments in November 2025 (35%), this increased from 26% in October 2025 ▪️The System Price of electricity increased by 2% in the week to 6 December 2025, compared with the previous week, but decreased by 18% when compared with the equivalent week of 2024 ▪️The System Average Price (SAP) of gas decreased by 7% in the week to 7 December 2025, compared with the previous week, and decreased by 40% when compared with the equivalent week of 2024, according to data from Elexon and the National Gas Transmission ▪️Based on original data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders the seasonally adjusted number of new vehicle registrations in the UK decreased by 1% in November 2025, compared with the previous month, and decreased by 5% when compared with November 2024 Read the article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ehVimCK3

We’ve published the latest insights on drug misuse in England and Wales, using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales for the year ending March 2025. Key findings: ▪️ 8.7% of people aged 16 to 59 years reported using any drug in year ending March 2025 in England and Wales. No statistically significant change compared with year ending March 2024 (8.8%). ▪️ Drug use was higher among 16- to 24-year-olds, with 15.1% reporting any use in the last 12 months. There was no statistically significant change compared with the previous year, and a general downward trend in this age group since its peak in YE December 1997 (31.8%). ▪️ 3.3% of people aged 16 to 59 years (around 1.1 million people) and 4.5% of people aged 16 to 24 years (approximately 271,000 people) had taken a Class A drug in the last 12 months. These represented no statistically significant changes compared with YE March 2024. ▪️ Around 2.0% of people were frequent drug users (more than once a month); there was no statistically significant change compared with the previous year. ▪️ Use of nitrous oxide and new psychoactive substances decreased among those aged 16 to 59 years compared with the previous year, from 0.9% to 0.5%, and 0.5% to 0.3%, respectively. There were no statistically significant changes for other drug types. Read the article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eDNX9dfu

Today, we have published two releases looking at life expectancy in the UK and life expectancy for local areas of the UK. Nationally, in 2022 to 2024:  ▪️Life expectancy at birth was 83.0 years for females and 79.1 years for males in the UK in 2022 to 2024. This is an increase of 18 weeks from 82.7 years for females and 21 weeks from 78.7 years for males since 2019 to 2021.   ▪️Life expectancy at birth returned to 2017 to 2019 levels for females in England and Northern Ireland, while it remained slightly lower for females in Scotland and Wales. For males, life expectancy at birth was below 2017 to 2019 levels in all UK countries, but by no more than 10 weeks (0.2 years). Locally, in 2022 to 2024:  ▪️Life expectancy at birth increased in over three quarters of the UK’s local areas, compared with 2019 to 2021, but was lower than 2017 to 2019 for males in around two thirds of local areas (64%) and for females in 50% of local areas.  ▪️The 10 local areas with the highest life expectancy at birth, for both males and females, were all in the south of England. The 10 local areas with the lowest life expectancy were concentrated in the north of England and in Scotland. Life expectancy in the UK ➡️ https://lnkd.in/egfQm-c6 Life expectancy for local areas ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eQEx79zn #LifeExpectancy #PopulationStats #UK

We've published a new dataset containing skills, competencies, and other job requirements from online job adverts across the UK, by different occupations. Data in these reference tables have been calculated using Textkernel online job adverts data between January 2017 to September 2025. Downloading job advert information from approximately 90,000 job boards and recruitment pages. Take a look at the dataset👀https://lnkd.in/eHgqbSMi #OnlineJobAdverts #Skills #Competencies

We’ve released our latest Sexual orientation in the UK in 2024, using data from the Annual Population Survey (APS).    The proportion who identified as gay or lesbian or bisexual (LGB) increased from 2.7% (1.4 million) in 2019 to 3.7% (2.0 million) in 2024.      Swipe through to find out more about sexual orientation in the UK, 2024 👉     Read our article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e_qcQ5RV   #SexualOrientation #LGB #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual 

In today's blog post, ONS senior economist Sumit Dey-Chowdhury explains how we're going beyond traditional productivity measures to examine individual firm performance, how these data are produced, and what they tell us about changes in the UK economy⬇️

In 2023, workers in firms at the 90th percentile of firm-level labour productivity produced 3.5 times as much output as workers in firms at the median. This ratio is higher than its pre-2008 downturn average of 2.9. The net job creation rate in 2024 was 1.4%, with underlying gross job creation of 10.6% and gross job destruction of 9.2%. This year we are piloting a new dashboard that lets users explore business dynamism trends, tracking how it changes by firm age, size, and industry over time. Article ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eg26QxNR UK Business Dynamism Dashboard ➡ https://lnkd.in/eXQfM3ma #Productivity #JobCreation #BusinessDynamics 

See what's publishing this week (8 to 12 December 2025) on the ONS website. Take a look at the release calendar 🔎 https://lnkd.in/eK5mMYWH

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