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GDP is estimated to have grown by 0.7% in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2026 compared with Quarter 2 (Apr to June) 2026 and has grown 1.9% since the same quarter a year ago.
Services grew 0.9% and production grew 0.1% while construction fell by 0.7%
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Voting is still open for the ONS Research Excellence Awards 2026 People’s Choice Award 🏆
Have your say and vote on the top-scoring entries across education, employment, crime and justice and population and social insights.
Voting closes 15 November ⬇️
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We’ve updated our Economic activity and social change real time indicator dashboard.
It provides a weekly overview of the UK economy and society, based on rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods.
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Week to 1 Nov 2026, compared with the previous week, the growth rate for average:
· price of automotive fuel was broadly unchanged & up 32 percentage points (pp) compared with same week of 2025
· fuel demand per transaction was down 1pp & down 11pp compared to same week of 2025
The total underlying trade deficit widened £6.2bn to £10.4bn in Quarter 3 (July to Sept) 2026, with total imports increasing by more than total exports.
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Commenting on today’s GDP figures, ONS Chief Economist Grant Fitzner said 💬
💻Health Insight Survey webinar
📆24 November
⏰2pm
Join us and @NHSEngland as we reflect on 2 years of Health Insight Survey data, exploring key findings, trends over time and how the data is used to improve patient experience in the NHS.
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10,411 deaths were registered in England and Wales in the week ending 30 October 2026.
The number of deaths registered in Week 44:
· 7.0% lower than expected (784 fewer deaths)
· 12.0% involved influenza or pneumonia (1,246 deaths)
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💻 Household Cost Indices webinar
🗓️ 30 November, 11am
Join our webinar to understand the background, methodology and uses of HCIs, and what the latest data shows about different households' experiences of inflation (also publishing 30 November).
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Join the upcoming Research Excellence Series talk with Dr Hope Kent, a Research Fellow at @UniofExeter.
💻 Criminalisation of children with neurodisability: Insights from admin data
📅 26 November, 10:30am
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Total public service productivity grew by 0.3% in the year to June 2026 compared with the year to June 2025, as output growth (2.0%) outpaced inputs growth (1.6%).
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We’ve updated our Economic activity and social change real time indicator dashboard.
It provides a weekly overview of the UK economy and society, based on rapid response surveys, novel data sources and innovative methods.
Explore the dashboard 🔎 ons.gov.uk/economy/economico…
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Week to 1 November 2026 compared with the previous week:
• the System Average Price of gas increased 10%
• the system price of electricity increased 41%
Both increased when compared to the same week last year by 230% and 217%, respectively.
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In Oct 2026 of businesses with 10+ employees:
• 21% said they were concerned about cyber attacks impacting supply chains over the next 12 months
• 12% were concerned about artificial intelligence
Both are the highest proportions since first asked in Sept 2024.
Of businesses with 10+ employees that reported any supply chain concerns in Oct 2026:
• 64% expected the cost of sourcing materials to be impacted
• 60% expected transportation costs to be impacted
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