A summary of the latest articles, tools and other publications from the Office for National Statistics over the past month |
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Centenarians living in England and Wales Over the past century, the number of centenarians living in England and Wales has increased 127-fold, reaching 13,924 in 2021. Lauretta Boston from London celebrated her milestone 100th birthday in October 2022. She spoke to the ONS about her life and experience of being a centenarian living in England. |
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In case you missed it Student voices: the rising cost of living The rising cost of living has brought new challenges to higher education, with student budgets being squeezed. Interviews ONS conducted with students have helped shed light on the difficulties they are facing. |
Cost of Living latest insights In the year to August 2023 the annualinflation rateas measured by the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers housing costs (CPIH) was 6.3%, down from 6.4% in July. This has been steadily falling from a peak of 9.6% in the year to October 2022, which was the fastest rate in four decades. |
Personal inflation calculator Inflation is a measure of how prices of goods and services are changing in the UK, and it can have a big impact on peoples household finances. Use our inflation calculator to see how increases in the cost of living have affected you in the past year. |
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What other subscribers love Census 2021 - shining a light on the population For more than a year we have been publishing statistics, articles, interactive maps, tools to create your own datasets and much more from Census 2021. Here Jen Woolford explains how the latest findings give new insights into smaller population groups. |
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