Office For National Statistics

Dr Mike Tildesley says new variant could be indicator towards future direction of virus

Johnson acknowledges surge in cases nationwide posing problems for NHS

Surge in Covid-19 cases caused by Omicron variant creates uncertainty for travellers

Record 122,186 infections reported on Friday with London ‘epicentre’ of Omicron epidemic

GDP rose 1.1% for the July-September period, behind the preliminary estimate of 1.3%

Retail sales rose by 1.4% in November and were 4.7% higher than a year earlier

Britain appear to be following lead of US, Canada, a trend not yet evident in European countries

Latest surge in price growth likely to unsettle Bank of England as it considers rate hike

Gross domestic product edged up by a weaker-than-expected 0.1 % in October

MPs told ‘multiple regions of England’ seeing cases of the variant that are not linked to international travel

World wrap: Japan announces €434bn economic stimulus as EMA reviews Pfizer pill

Overall sales volumes up by 0.8%, ending five-month run of falling or flat volumes

Bank of England to consider rate hike next month

Time millionaires: Meet the people who have cut back on work to pursue the pleasure of leisure

Britain’s economy grew 0.4 per cent in August

Social distancing in bars and restaurants to be scrapped while 1,276 Covid-19 cases reported

Women have made up half of all new entrants into the profession for two decades

But shar slowdown in effect as bottlenecks in the economy mount up

Figures mark upturn from July’s weak economic data when UK recovery slowed to a crawl

Data has suggested the post-lockdown rebound in the economy lost momentum

Ulster University researcher Esmond Birnie reckons NI protocol has cost North £850m

Food store sales were down by 1.5% while non-food stories reported a fall of 4.4%

Chain also suffering from staff shortages

Economists say reading is blip in trend of rising inflation

Headline unemployment rate for three months to June fell to 4.7%

Moral quandary raised over jabbing children for virus which, mostly, does not seriously affect them

Economists had expected a 0.1% drop for month of June but instead, sales rose by 0.5%

Figures come a day after BoE indicates action on inflation may be looming

GDP is now 3.1% below where it was in February 2020, before the pandemic struck

Many workers feel more under siege than ever from work messages that arrive at all hours

Increase could potentially boost spending power as the restrictions are lifted

Drop in food sales offset the gains seen by non-essential shops after they reopened

Gain left output just 3.7% below its level in February last year before pandemic struck

‘Mix-and-match’ approach likely for England on June 21st as 7,540 new UK cases reported

Already well-managed businesses were better at adapting to remote working in 2020

Sales were more than double the 4.5% expansion forecast by economists polled

Inflation is expected to accelerate in the coming months as economy rebounds

Agenda: The subvention argument tends to view the North as a deadweight, a financial burden to be shouldered by whatever entity follows

The North was one of nine UK regions to run a fiscal deficit in 2019

Many economists now expect UK will exceed its 2 per cent target before end of year