Most forces saw an increase in the number of hate crimes recorded in the 12 months to March 2025.

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the third month in a row.

The vast majority of current claimants are people who live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions.

There were an estimated 1.02 million regular worshippers across the Church in 2024, up from 1.01 million in 2023

Some 3,282 religious hate crimes were targeted at Jewish people in 2023/24, up from 1,543 in the previous year.

The increase of 755,254 is the second biggest year-on-year numerical jump in population since at least 1949.

The population is estimated to have increased in 342 local authorities and decreased in 18.

Some 1,070 cases in this category of offence had been open for two years or more at the end of June.

Food price inflation is running at its highest level for 18 months.

Several regions remain officially in drought after the warmest spring and summer on record.

The waiting list for routine hospital treatment has risen for the second month in a row.

The findings have been published by the Office for National Statistics and are the first of their kind.

Five countries together accounted for more than half of those detected entering the country through so-called ‘irregular’ routes in the year to June.

The past 12 months saw Charles travel the furthest distance from the UK since becoming King.

There have been more government departures in the first 14 months of Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership than in those of his immediate predecessors.

The Office for National Statistics said there were an estimated 15,330 centenarians alive last year.

Uptake of vaccines remains lowest in areas of London.

Luton, Barking & Dagenham and Slough were the local areas with the highest fertility rates in 2024.

For a country’s population to remain stable, discounting any impact from migration, the total fertility rate needs to be around 2.1.