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Experts call for consumption rooms and wider testing of substances, as number of people dying hits new high

Rachel Reeves says there is more to do in supporting people into employment and she will take action in budget

Annual rate in July climbs back above Bank of England target of 2%, ONS figures show

Total of 443,995 offences in year to March 2024 up 30% on previous 12 months, says Office for National Statistics

The economy grew by more than initially estimated in the first three months of 2024 as the UK emerged from recession, revised official figures show.

The final set of employment figures before polling day show wages continuing to grow at way more than double the rate of inflation, which is a double-edged sword for Rishi Sunak’s government.

UK wage growth remained strong even as the UK unemployment rate rose to its highest for almost a year.

Shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales have risen to the highest level in 20 years.

Predictions for when Bank of England will start lowering cost of borrowing pushed back

The number of people signed off work through long-term sickness has hit a record of more than 2.8million, figures show.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee will meet during the week to see if the economy is showing signs that it's time to start cutting rates

A trip to tourist attractions such as Madame Tussauds, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, London Zoo and Westminster Abbey have all become a lot more expensive in real terms in the past 50 years

Around 1,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union will vote in the coming weeks on whether to launch a campaign of industrial action.

The latest Sage small business tracker, compiled with the Centre for Economics and Business Research, found that while earnings growth is easing back more widely across the UK, total wage bills are continuing to rise for small firms at a rapid pace

The Office for National Statistics said that the economy grew by 0.2% in January after shrinking 0.1% in December

The Office for National Statistics has removed a number of items from the list of goods and services it uses to measure inflation

The Office for National Statistics said average regular pay growth, excluding bonuses, fell to 6.1% in the quarter to January, down from 6.2% in the three months to December

Civil Aviation Authority figures show just 64% of flights departed or arrived within 15 minutes of the scheduled time in 2023

Lancashire's Ribble Valley was named the happiest local authority in the UK in a new survey based on the availability of green spaces, weekly earnings, crime and unemployment rates

Let's not beat around the bush, contempt for the global initiative is contempt for equality - and your pseudo concern for men's right is fooling nobody, argues Liam Gilliver on International Women's Day

A 67-year-old pensioner told The Mirror how he was “scared” about the future and had been forced to take a job as a taxi driver after he was surviving on just £6 a month

The British Chambers of Commerce has warned that pressure on businesses will start to build if the problems persist

This surge happened a day after it was announced that Britain's economy had fallen into a recession

Figures from the Office for National Statistics shows divorces are at their lowest rate in over 50 years - with experts putting it down to the cost of living crisis