The latest figures were significantly worse than economists had expected, as firms partly blamed caution ahead of the autumn Budget.

The number of people in hospital with flu in England is at a record level for this time of year, in fresh evidence of the scale of this year’s surge in infections. An average of 1,717 flu patients ...

Newly published estimates project the rise in the number of prisoners will reach between 98,000 and 103,6000 by March 2030.

London Liverpool Street has retained its title of the UK’s busiest railway station. The estimated number of entries and exits at Liverpool Street in the year to the end of March was 98.0 million, ...