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ONS — Office for National Statistics

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ONS — Office for National Statistics, the UK's national statistical institute. Reference source for UK GDP, labour market, consumer prices (CPI / CPIH), public finances, house prices and migration. Open Government Licence v3.

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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP transport (YoY)

Annual inflation in transport (COICOP CP07) — includes vehicles, fuels, public transport.
4.9%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP (harmonised)

EU-harmonised consumer price index; allows inflation to be compared across EU countries.
3.2%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP clothing & footwear (YoY)

Annual inflation in clothing & footwear (COICOP CP03).
0.3%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP health (YoY)

Annual inflation in health (COICOP CP06) — out-of-pocket medical costs.
3.6%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP education (YoY)

Annual inflation in education (COICOP CP10) — tuition + course fees.
5.1%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — Core inflation

Inflation excluding volatile energy and food prices; reveals the underlying price trend.
2.7%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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United Kingdom — HICP restaurants & hotels (YoY)

Annual inflation in restaurants and hotels (COICOP CP11) — service-sector pricing.
4%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP services (YoY)

Annual rate of change for services prices — the stickier part of inflation.
3.5%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP overall (level)

Harmonised consumer price index, base 2015=100 — the level behind the YoY inflation rate.
144index
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Housing

United Kingdom — Actual rents YoY

Annual change in actual rents paid by households (HICP CP041).
4.2%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP excl. energy + food

YoY excluding energy + food — the supercore measure central banks watch.
2.7%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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United Kingdom — HICP food (YoY)

Food price annual inflation — the most-felt component on the supermarket bill.
1.6%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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United Kingdom — HICP housing & utilities (YoY)

Annual inflation in housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (COICOP CP04).
4.9%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP goods (YoY)

Annual rate of change for goods prices — the more cyclical half.
2.7%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — HICP alcohol & tobacco (YoY)

Annual inflation in alcohol and tobacco (COICOP CP02) — heavily driven by taxes.
2.6%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Purchasing power & prices

United Kingdom — Inflation (CPI)

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Average annual rise in consumer prices (CPI); 2% is the common target, above it purchasing power erodes.
3.2%
Q3 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q3 2026
Upd. 10/2026
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Activity rate

Share of people aged 15-64 in the labour market (employed or seeking work); measures engagement in working life.
79.1%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Senior employment rate (55-64)

Share of people aged 55-64 in work; measures how well older workers stay employed, a key pension-reform issue.
67.6%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Temporary employment share

Share of employees aged 15-64 with a temporary contract — precariousness headline.
5.4%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Youth Unemployment

Unemployment rate for ages 15-24; usually higher than average, it reveals young people's entry difficulties.
16.2%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Employment Rate

Share of people aged 15-64 who are employed; measures how well the economy puts working-age people to work.
75.1%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Long-term unemployment

Share of the unemployed out of work for over a year; a high level signals entrenched unemployment.
25.4%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Unemployment Rate

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Share of the labour force without a job and seeking one, per the ILO definition; lower is better.
4.9%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — Labour productivity per hour

Real labour productivity per hour worked (index 2015=100) — long-run growth driver.
100index
Q1 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q1 2026
Upd. 08/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Labour market

United Kingdom — Job vacancy rate

Vacant posts as % of total occupied + vacant posts in NACE B-S — labour-market tightness.
2.2%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 09/2026
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — Industrial production

Index of the volume produced by industry (factories, energy); tracks industrial activity month by month, base 100 at a reference year.
101index
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 10/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — Gross fixed capital formation

Share of GDP devoted to investment in durable assets — machinery, buildings, housing — by firms, households and government.
18.8% GDP
2025
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data 2025
Upd. 09/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — GDP Growth

Primary KPI: one of the key indicators tracked first for this country.Change in real GDP from one period to the next; positive means the economy grows, negative that it shrinks.
1.4%
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 09/2026
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — Public debt

Total government debt as a share of GDP; the lower the ratio, the more sustainable the debt.
102.6% GDP
Q2 2026
Frequency
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data Q2 2026
Upd. 09/2026 · Y-axis truncated
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Economy & public finances

United Kingdom — Budget Balance / GDP

Government revenue minus spending over a year, as % of GDP; negative is a deficit, positive a surplus.
-5.4% GDP
2025
Source: Office for National Statistics· Data 2025
Upd. 09/2026
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