All Britons, including both low- and high-income households, have experienced “similar annual inflation rates” since 2014 despite different spending patterns, a new study has found.

COVID-19 infections across the UK hit record high levels in all parts of the country just before Christmas, with an estimated 2.3 million cases, new figures show.

Around one in six Britons have been unable to buy essential food items in the last two weeks due to a shortage of products and a supply chain crisis, statistics show.

According to the latest figures unemployment has risen sharply in the past 12 months adding to the pressure and challenges faced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak.

A record 1,610 people have died of Covid-19 across the UK in the past 24 hours as the pandemic continues to surge.

The true scale of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the health and mortality of the UK population is emerging and the details are horrifying.

UK government borrowing is at dangerously high levels as the economy looks set to shrink dramatically in the first half of 2021.

The unemployment rate has surged to its highest level in over three years as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to erode the foundations of the British economy.

Despite the large spike in positive tests reported by England's test and trace service earlier, the level of coronavirus in the community has remained stable during the past week according to the Office for National Statistics.

The latest official figures indicate the coronavirus pandemic has had a more negative impact on employment figures than previously feared.