Grace Adeyemi
Grace covers official statistics: ONS releases, NHS data, and the numbers behind the news.
Stories by Grace
Jobs market ‘flickers back to life’ as permanent hiring grows at fastest pace in four years
The KPMG/REC Report on Jobs put its permanent placements index at 50.9 in September, the highest since 2022, with starting-salary growth cooling in a combination that may reassure Bank of England rate-setters.
Labour hits two-year poll high as Opinium puts Burnham’s party on 30 per cent
The first voting-intention survey since the Prime Minister’s debut conference speech puts Labour five points clear of Reform, with Burnham the only leader in positive approval territory and voters backing his care service and EU rethink.
Inflation climbs to 3.1% as fuel and transport costs bite
Consumer prices rose 3.1 per cent in the year to August, up from 2.9 per cent in July, with transport inflation running at 4.6 per cent.
Unemployment holds at 4.9% but vacancies slide as the labour market cools
Pay growth slowed to 3.5 per cent and vacancies fell to 702,000, while payroll and survey data told increasingly different stories about jobs.