Projections have been revised downwards to reflect the recent sharp fall in net migration.

Levels of police-recorded knife crime are now at their lowest since the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The annual rate of inflation for petrol is now at its highest since May 2024, while diesel is at its highest level since February 2023.

Of the applications submitted on April 20, more than two-thirds were by people aged 34 and under.

Some 42,827 applications to vote were submitted on Sunday April 19, the highest on a single day so far this year.

Levels dropped to 36% – the lowest since December 2022 – on three days: March 4, 6 and 7, all in the early stages of the war.

It is the largest set of local elections in England for three years.

The price of diesel has jumped to its highest level since December 2022.

The biggest upward pressure on prices came from clothing and kitchen electrical goods.

Households where income is less than 60% of the median national average, after housing costs, are considered to be living in poverty.

The number of claimants has almost doubled since comparable data began seven years ago.

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British performers have now failed to win any of the acting Oscars in every year from 2022 to 2026.

Jessie Buckley, star of Hamnet, looks likely to make history for her home nation of Ireland.

The number of people waiting more than a year for NHS treatment is at its lowest since August 2020.

Nearly one in five local authorities have decided not to raise tax by the maximum permitted amount of 4.99%.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she had the ‘right economic plan’ for the UK despite the budget watchdog slashing its forecast for growth this year.

Southern England experienced its fourth wettest winter since data began in 1836.

Labour is defending a majority of 13,413, which is just outside the party’s top 50 biggest wins at the 2024 election.