Britain's rising mortgage and rent costs laid bare: Interactive tool reveals the areas most affected across the nation - how does YOURS compare?

Rising mortgage and rent costs faced by Britons have been laid bare by new data showing how each area is vulnerable to swings in the housing market.

Shoplifting offences rise to highest level since records began: Store thefts jump by more than a THIRD compared to 2022 - with 430,104 offences recorded in last 12 months, figures show

A total of 430,104 offences were recorded in England and Wales over the year to December 2023, up 37% from 315,040 in the previous 12 months.

The UK's trans population is not as high as the 'totally unreliable' census figures suggest, critics claim

University of Oxford associate professor Michael Biggs said the 2021 national census findings, which identified 262,000 trans people, were based on a flawed question.

Are you sure Angela? Rayner under fire for claiming government has overseen 'more strikes than at any time before' when official stats show there were more days lost to industrial action under a previous Labour government (and Margaret Thatcher!)

Labour's under-pressure deputy leader made the remark as she kicked off Deputy Prime Ministers Questions in the Commons this afternoon.

Alcohol-related deaths soar to an all-time high in wake of Covid - fuelled by 'concerning' uptick in middle-aged women

Experts are particularly alarmed by a 'concerning' uptick of booze-related fatalities among middle-aged women. Pandemic-era curbs also likely fuelled dangerous drinking habits.

'Why would I want a job?': Shameless benefits scroungers in seaside town boast they 'chill out and enjoy life' while claiming 'thousands a month' of YOUR cash as 10m go unemployed and 4,000 a day sign off sick in workshy Britain

EXCLUSIVE: The unemployed in Jaywick, Essex are claiming 'thousands of pounds' a month of taxpayer's cash - while locals complain there are jobs, people just don't want them.

How teen smoking rates have fallen EIGHT-FOLD since the 80s amid the UK's war on tobacco which has made lighting up 'uncool' - as interactive map reveals up to a quarter of adults still smoke in parts of the nation

Only 3 per cent of 15 year olds in England now smoke, official figures show. For comparison, a quarter did so in 1982. Rates fell quickest in the early noughties.

Warning primary schools face 'catastrophic' wave of closures: Fears plummeting Covid birth rate and increase in homeschooling could see surge in shutdowns with as little as six pupils registered in a year - as more than 90% of parents get first choice

Britain's plummeting birth rate is threating to trigger a 'catastrophic' meltdown of the nation's education system, with fears shrinking class sizes could spark a tsunami of  primary school closures.

Cost of privately renting homes rises by more than 9% in a year - the largest increase since records began - to an average of £1,246 per month to heap more cost-of-living pressure on families unable to get on the housing ladder

Across the UK, private rents increased by an estimated 9.2 per cent in the 12 months to March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said

Inflation tumbles to 3.2% - the lowest level since 2021 - as Rishi Sunak says 'plan is working' and bullish Bank of England chief hints interest rates will start coming down in the UK before the US

The headline CPI rate fell to 3.2 per cent in March, down from 3.4 per cent the previous month and driven largely by easing food prices.

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Inflation tumbles to 3.2% - the lowest level since 2021 - as Jeremy Hunt says 'plan is working' and bullish Bank of England chief hints interest rates will start coming down in the UK before the US

The headline CPI rate fell to 3.2 per cent in March, down from 3.4 per cent the previous month and driven largely by easing food prices.

The number of jobless Brits signing on for long-term sick leave hits a record 2.8 million - a THIRD of 16 to 64-year-olds considered economically active

Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) shows long-term sickness has soared to a new high with 30.1 per cent of 16 to 64-year-olds considered economically inactive.

Relief for Brits as wages outstrip inflation by biggest margin since 2021 despite signs jobs market is weakening… but inactivity crisis deepens

Regular pay rose by 2.1 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the three months to February. That was the highest rate since September 2021, reflecting easing prices.

Sadiq Khan is blasted for spending millions to hire pen-pushers while crime in London soars

New figures show the number of back-office staff working on finance, research and local projects has almost doubled on Labour mayor Sadiq Khan's watch.

Now civil servants to strike over WFH! Statistics staff plan walkout after being told to come to office TWO days a week

Staff at the Office for National Statistics have worked from home since the start of lockdown but want to keep the option of doing so full time.

Dire A&E waits mean a QUARTER of patients at NHS's busiest hospitals face 12-hour delays for treatment... so how does your trust fare?

Nationally, almost 150,000 patients (11.3 per cent) were left languishing in crowded casualty units for at least half a day in February alone. Rates were above 20 per cent in nine NHS trusts.

Female staff at the ONS who object to sharing toilets and changing rooms with transwomen could be disciplined, leaked documents reveal

Women working for the Office for National Statistics could face disciplinary action if they object to sharing toilets and changing rooms with transwomen, it has emerged.

Lioness Beth England says 'plenty of LGBTQ+ people' want to marry in church - as it's revealed just 3% of religious venues offer same-sex ceremonies

England and Spurs footballer England, 29, told BBC documentary Gay Marriage and Me 'there's still so much work to be done' to be able to marry same-sex couples to wed in religious venues.

Britain DID go into recession at the end of 2023, ONS confirms… but Jeremy Hunt says GDP has already started growing again after 'tough' spell

Official figures formalised the UK's recession in the second half of 2023, although it was slightly smaller than initially thought.

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İngiliz Ulusal İstatistik Ofisi (ONS), ülkede geçen yılın dördüncü çeyreğindeki Gayri Safi Yurtiçi Hasıla (GSYH) artışı...