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GDP grew 0.7% in the three months to April 2026.
Services grew 0.8%, production fell 0.1% and construction grew 1.6%.
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- The total underlying trade deficit widened by £7.7 billion to £9.9 billion in the three months to April 2026. Read the article ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/nation…
- Replying to @ONSCommenting on today’s GDP figures, Liz McKeown, Director of Economic Statistics said ⬇️
- Replying to @ONSThe number of potential redundancies decreased by 12% in the week to 31 May 2026, compared with the previous week, but increased by 59% when compared with the equivalent week of 2025 (Insolvency Service HR1 forms). Dashboard ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/econom…
- Replying to @ONSWeek to 31 May 2026 compared with the previous week: • growth rate for average automotive fuel prices was broadly unchanged & up 35 percentage points (pp) compared with same week in 2025 • growth rate for average fuel demand per transaction was down 1pp & fell 15pp on the year
- New economic activity & social change data in the week to 7 June 2026 compared with the previous week: • System Average Price of gas increased 3% • System Price of electricity decreased 15% Both increased compared with the equivalent week of 2025 by 40%.
- Replying to @ONSThe difference in weekly expenditure between the richest and poorest fifth of households increased from 2.5 times to 2.7 times, at £1,083.60 and £407.30, marking the largest increase since financial year ending (FYE) 2021.
- Replying to @ONSThe largest contributors to increased weekly spending by UK households were real-terms increases in net rent (£3.30, 6%), second-hand car purchases (£5.50, 25%), on package holidays abroad (£4.10, 14%) and energy (£2.20, 7%).
- In the financial year ending (FYE) 2025: Average weekly household expenditure increased to £676.60, a nominal increase of £53.30 (9%) from the previous year. After accounting for inflation there was a real-terms increase of £35.10 (5%). Read more ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
- Replying to @ONSThe latest week included a bank holiday, which can mean fewer death registrations. This can lead to larger differences when comparing with the previous weeks and with expected deaths
- 8,641 deaths were registered in England and Wales, week ending 29 May 2026 (Week 22): · 2.0% higher than expected (169 more deaths) · 11.4% involved influenza or pneumonia (988 deaths) · 0.1% involved Coronavirus (10 deaths) Dashboard ➡️ ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…
- Replying to @ONSThe volume of the UK's net capital stock is estimated to have grown by 1.5% to £5.9 trillion in 2025, after a 1.8% rise in 2024, revised up from an initial 1.4% rise.
