Average Band D council tax in 2025-2026 is set to increase by 5%, statistics published on Thursday on council tax levels show. The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has released new data which sets out council tax requirements and precepts for the financial year 2025-2026. The average Band D council tax set by…
The number of PAYE employees has stabilised, whilst average pay increased from the previous year, data from the Office for National Statistics shows. The statistics published this morning indicate that the number of payrolled employees in February 2025 broadly stayed the same. A small increase of 0.2% in employee numbers was registered from the previous…
The energy efficiency rating of rural homes increased in the last three years but fuel poverty gap remains, newly released energy statistics shows. Yesterday, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs released new energy data for its Statistical Digest of Rural England. Amongst its findings, DEFRA has highlighted a higher proportion of fuel poverty…
Half a million more people with a health condition or disability were on Universal Credit last December compared to the previous year, the Department for Work and Pensions revealed. This comes as Labour is set to announce a big shake up of the welfare system in the UK. In an effort to cut billions of…
The sustained pathway gap between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils has increased in recent years. Disadvantaged pupils were 9.4% less likely to have a sustained destination after Key Stage 4 than all other pupils, in the academic year of 2022/2023. Today the Education Policy Institute released its most recent report on school absence and pupil characteristics,…
All ICBs missed the NHS waiting times target in January 2025, new NHS data shows. This comes amidst news of the Prime Minister scrapping NHS England in an effort to cut waiting times, reduce bureaucracy and return control of NHS management to the government. The data published yesterday by NHS England reveals that all ICBs…
70% of NHS staff do not think “There are enough staff at this organisation for me to do my job properly”, according to the most recent NHS Staff Survey. This morning NHS England published the most recent results of the NHS Staff Survey 2024. The survey offers a 2024 snapshot of how NHS staff experience…
On average, pensioners are paid over £15k less than employed individuals, HM Revenue & Customs data reveals. The new income and tax data reveals discrepancies in income between self-employed and employed individuals and those in receipt of pensions in the UK. In the tax year 2022/2023, employed individuals received an average of £10k more in…
In 2023, long-acting reversible contraception prescriptions were 50% lower in the most deprived areas of England, new Department of Health and Social Care data shows. Long-acting reversible contraception, also known as LARC, represents a range of highly effective birth control methods, including IUD (intra-uterine device), IUS (intra-uterine system), contraceptive injection and hormonal implant. The statistics…
In 2024, Cornwall registered 14,123 second homes, the highest in the country. This is 5% of all homes in the local authority. As various local authorities seek to establish council tax premiums for second homes and empty dwellings ahead of the next financial year, new data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government…