Office for National Statistics

Will there be coronavirus help for small company directors who are paid by dividend?

The financial plight of limited company directors has been raised by the Tory chairman of the Treasury select committee. Mel…

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Flybe’s pensions in doubt; Poorest 20% no better off than before, 1m Virgin customers on unsecured database

Flybe’s pension pot for 1,350 current and former workers is at risk, as the fallout from one of the first…

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Grief and poverty; a dangerous cocktail

Consider two facts. In the UK, 1,640 people die every day – more than half a million every year (Office…

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Cramped underground: the alternatives to bury our dead

Space has been a problem in UK cemeteries for many years now, with some areas in big cities and small…

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Excess winter mortality statistics for 2016

In common with other countries, more people die in the winter than in the summer in England and Wales. The…

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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease remain leading causes of death

Recently released information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), revealed that dementia and Alzheimer’s disease remained the leading cause…

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Life expectancy increases by nearly three decades, says ONS

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed changes in life expectancy in England and Wales over the last 100…

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Preventable mortality is related to area deprivation, finds ONS

New information from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that avoidable, amenable and preventable mortality is strongly related to…

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Unexplained deaths in infancy continue to fall

There were 191 unexplained infant deaths in England and Wales in 2015, with a rate of 0.27 deaths per 1,000…

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Cancer was most common cause of death in 2016

525,048 deaths were registered in England and Wales in 2016, reports the Office for National Statistics. This is a decrease…

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