Office for National Statistics

ONS accused of overestimating excess deaths in first year of pandemic

ONS accused of overestimating excess deaths in first year of pandemic

Health
Sarah Carter

The ONS pointed out that the revised methodology had actually lowered the number of excess deaths in 2020 from 84,064 to 76,412 ...

Something’s fishy about the ONS’s excess death figures

Something’s fishy about the ONS’s excess death figures

Health
Sarah Carter

The Office for National Statistics has revised its estimate of the number of excess deaths in the UK last year. At 10,994, ...

Net migration to push UK population over 70 million 11 years earlier than expected

Net migration to push UK population over 70 million 11 years earlier than expected

U.K.
William Turner

The forecasts blow apart the Government’s 2019 manifesto pledge to bring down the overall rate of net migration from its then level ...