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5 February 2024

How ONS is improving the Labour Force Survey

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Today we are reintroducing Labour Force Survey data and providing information to users ahead of its inclusion in next weeks monthly Labour Market Statistics publication. In line with other countries, the ONS has been facing the challenge of falling response rates for many of our household surveys in recent years. Here Liz McKeown explains how since suspending our Labour Force Survey estimates, in line with our improvement plan, weve improved these data by using more up to date information about the UK population and summarises the picture that they now paint when viewed alongside our other measures of the UKs jobs market.

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