the director of population statistics, from the office of national statistics, mary gregory, told usyear to the end ofjune 2024, we had net migration of 728,000, but that's a 20% drop on our updated figure for the year to the end ofjune 2023, which was 906,000. historically, we've seen pre—2020, more people would be coming from the eu than outside the eu. in the latest year, we've got 86 out of every 100 people immigrating to the uk are coming from outside the eu. so that's quite a change in historic patterns. and the countries that are having the highest levels of immigration into the uk are india, nigeria and pakistan. work and student or study—related immigration are both the highest, remain the highest. and we've seen a slight drop in the student dependants coming in, but students have stayed relatively stable compared with the previous year, and work related entry has also stayed relatively similar to a year earlier. i think it's important to remember we've seen policy changes in early 2024, but of course, our data only goes up tojune 2024, so we don't expect to see the full imp

the time saved by not commuting to stay longer in bed, according to a survey from the office of national statisticsng from home gained almost an hour on average from not needing to commute. it found they got an average of 2a minutes extra sleep and rest and spend an additional 15 minutes on things such as exercise. and that is all we have time for, goodbye. hello from the bbc sport centre. ruben amorim is now officially the manager of manchester united after bidding farewell to the portuguese league. his sporting side came from 2—0 down to beat braga 11—2 in amorim's final game in charge yesterday. he's due to fly in to manchester at some point today, but can't properly begin work until he gets his visa sorted. amorim says interim boss ruud van nistelrooy did a great job and he'll be talking to him about his future role with the club when he gets to old trafford. i feel ready for the new challenge. i'm not naive, i know that it's going to be very, very different, very tough, but i feel that i'm ready. i'm in peace now. i can focus on my newjob. i know how i am going to play in the beginning, india

the figures came out at 9.30 — and i wasjoined then by the director of population statistics, from the office of nationalmary gregory. in the year to the end ofjune 2024, we had net migration of 728,000, but that's a 20% drop on our updated figure for the year to the end ofjune 2023, which was 906,000. historically, we've seen pre—2020, more people would be coming from the eu than outside the eu. in the latest year, we've got 86 out of every 100 people immigrating to the uk are coming from outside the eu. so that's quite a change in historic patterns. and the countries that are having the highest levels of immigration into the uk are india, nigeria and pakistan. work and student or study related immigration are both the highest, remain the highest. and we've seen a slight drop in the student dependants coming in, but students have stayed relatively stable compared with the previous year, and work related entry has also stayed relatively similar to a year earlier. i think it's important to remember we've seen policy changes in early 2024, but of course our data only goes up tojune 2024, so we don't expect

the former health secretary commissioned the office of national statistics to try to find out how many 650. the second point, in our democracy we the commons must make this decision. it is only weak, elected by our constituents, who have the legitimacy to do this. it is not the dpp, doctor cps, not police, doctors or unelected members the house of lords. this house of commons must make this decision. let us be clear, all of us on both sides of this debate strongly support the increase in quality and extent of palliative care. for me, this debate is about extending choice. choice in very narrow circumstances as the honourable lady has so clearly set out, the choice not to be forced to end your life in pain and indignity and in very narrow and heavily regulated circumstances, as this bill sets out. no element in this bill talks about intolerable suffering. many believe this bill is too narrowly drawn. i stand by the honourable lady's drafting and we remember that in oregon there has been no serious attempt to change or amend the law. i have had the privilege of speaking to an nhs consult

of legal and illegal migration. mark easton has been analysing the data. so, today, the office for national statistics of net migration — that's the impact that immigration is having on our population, the difference between people arriving and leaving — and the figure tojune this year was 728,000. that is one of the highest figures ever. we ought to make it clear that 97% of those people coming actually came quite legally — they came on visas issued by the government — workers, students, dependents, those kind of things. but the big shock in today's figures was not actually that number, but this graph. and what this graph shows is what we now think net migration has been for each year going back roughly a decade. and what you can see is the high point there — that's the year tojune last year — was 906,000. minus the number of people leaving — so represents an increase to the population. today's figures come as political leaders across europe and the rest of the world are struggling with the issue of legal and illegal migration. mark easton has been analysing the data. so, today, the office for nation

of inflation last month. the office for national statistics said inflation rose to 2.3%, from 1.7% in september. england's target is 2%. let's speak to our business reporter peter ruddick. talk us through these numbers. as you say, above the bank of england's to % target, which is the most important takeaway, but if we dig into the details of this, we are talking about an increase in the inflation rate, an increase in the speed at which prices are rising. it's almost entirely down, as you say, to energy bills because these are backward —looking figures. we are talking about october, when people might remember the price cap went up, which means household gas and electric bills in the uk, a lot of them went up. but there are two big worries from these figures. 0ne, if you dig into the details, if you look at core inflation, that's when you strip out some of the volatile things in inflation figures like energy. core inflation did still tick up, and there is a fear that bits of inflation are proving a bit stubborn and sticky, even now. potentially, that could be to do with wage increases. the second

of people leaving, so represents an increase to the population. our home editor mark easton has more on today's figures. so, today, the office for national statisticsatest estimate of net migration — that's the impact that immigration is having on our population, the difference between people arriving and leaving — and the figure tojune this year was 728,000. that is one of the highest figures ever. we ought to make it clear that 97% of those people coming actually came quite legally — they came on visas issued by the government — workers, students, dependents, those kind of things. but the big shock in today's figures was not actually that number, but this graph. and what this graph shows is what we now think net migration has been for each year going back roughly a decade. and what you can see is the high point there — that's the year tojune last year — was 906,000. but that number has been substantially revised upwards. if we show you this line — that's what we thought actually had been happening. we thought that that high point wasn't 906,000, it was 740,000 — so a difference of 166,000. that's 166,000 people living in the uk who, frankly, we d

of weeks ago. the office for national statistics produced a report which demonstrated really incontrovertibly, thatet drain on the economy rather than a net benefit . they rather than a net benefit. they increased the size of the gdp, but per capita had gone down. so there we are. britain literally overrun even by the alarming standards of other western nations. but one glimmer of hope in the times a single arrest in amsterdam that could make all the difference. yeah. >> major supplier of boats for channel crossings. arrested. it's a turkish man who's 44, and he was arrested in amsterdam. and this is this is a starmer smashing the gangs and he calls it a significant piece of the jigsaw. starmer says why is it a jigsaw? it's like we're in ireland, we've got the sea, we've got a navy. it's like a three piece jigsaw to me, very, very simple. a child's jigsaw, really. could we possibly stop them? yeah, i know it's like a three year old jigsaw. i mean, it's not that complicated in my mind, but maybe i'm some sort of hippos or something like that. >> that sort of level of. yeah, yeah, intellectual. >> bu

more women under the age of 45 are dying from alcohol—related liver disease than ever before, according to the office for national statisticsr trust says seven out of ten people with liver disease don't know there's anything wrong with them until they reach a&e. what we're seeing is a huge proportion of younger individuals who present with liver disease and liverfailure, sometimes as young as 20. one of the groups we see, actually highly successful women, and they've maybe got young families. they've got other things going on. they're not alcoholics, you know, they've never probably even been drunk, but they are just drinking too much as a habit, really. it wasn't always like this. there's been an eight fold increase in the number of women aged 35—44 dying from liver disease compared to 50 years ago. so what's changed 7 it's a real change in the early 1990s that i saw. women's drinking pretty much doubled in a really short period of time, and i think it was about ten years. people who started drinking really in any time that from when you were born in �*92, right through to 2010, and that was really the time where we saw th

the rate of unemployment stood at 4.3% in the three months to september, up from 4% the previous quarter, according to the office for national statistics than inflation, growing at an annual rate of 4.8% between july and september. inflation in india has increased at its fastest pace in 14 months — as food prices remained stubbornly high. retail inflation for the month of october accelerated to 6.21% year—on—year, up from 5.49% in september, breaching the central bank's target range for the first time in over a year. that is your business today. stay with us on bbc news. welcome back to bbc news. let's return to our main story, the archbishop of canterbury has resigned days after a damning report into a perfect child abuse associated with the church of england. we spoke to dr stephen cherry — dean of king's college cambridge. here is what he shared with us. i felt when i saw the channel 4 interview last thursday, that justin was in an extremely uncomfortable position, that wasn't going to be satisfactory for him, for the church orfor the victims., so i felt at that point that really, the right thing to do was for him to resign and step

the rate of unemployment stood at 4.3% in the three months to september, up from 4% the previous quarter, according to the office for national statistics. while wage growth has eased, it is still rising faster than inflation, growing at an annual rate of 4.8% between july and september. inflation in india has increased at its fastest pace in 14 months as food prices remained stubbornly high. retail inflation for the month of october accelerated to 6.21% year—on—year, up from 5.49% in september, breaching the central bank's target range for the first time in over a year. that is your business today. do stay with us on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. i'm hugh ferris. the cleveland cavaliers are only the 8th team in nba history to win the first 12 games of their regular season. donovan mitchell helped them get to the dozen with 36 points in their victory over the chicago bulls. it's the best start in franchise history and they're halfway to the record held by the golden state warriors from nine years ago. mitchell hit seven 3—pointers in the 119—113 win, helping new coach kenny atkinson extend his own unbeaten start in clevelan

of this announcement. the uk inflation rate has risen to its highest level since april. the office for national statisticstober — the sharpest month on month increase for two years. higher energy bills were the main driver, sending inflation back above the bank of england's 2% target. we will have more on those figures when we have the business programme coming from new york. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. family and friends of one direction star liam payne are attending the singer's funeral. the private service is taking place in buckinghamshire, north—west of london. payne's girlfriend kate cassidy and girls aloud singers kimberley walsh and nicola roberts are among the guests. the 31—year—old musician died last month after falling from a third—floor balcony of a hotel in buenos aires in argentina. let's speak to mark savage, our music correspondent in buckinghamshire. incredibly sad day, what has been happening?— been happening? yes, the service finished _ been happening? yes, the service finished about - been happening? yes, the service finished about ten | service finished abou

the office for national statistics says it is getting greater accuracy and now think it underestimated the number ofine and how many people who arrive on a short—term visas actually stay for more than 12 months and should be included in the data. the vast majority of people who came to live in the uk in the last year arrived legally — workers, students and other groups who were given visas by the government. only around 3% came in small boats or other unauthorised routes. so, what is the impact of these changes to the figures? well, it means the uk population is a little bigger than we thought. it means more pressure on public services and housing than we thought. and it means the stats are less reliable than we thought. we have a gloucester—sized hole in our understanding of immigration. all this comes as the home secretary is in iraq on a three—day visit — she's announced a plan to tackle smuggling gangs responsible for thousands of migrants crossing the channel in small boats. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports now from in northern iraq. if you want to fight people smuggling, you

office for national statistics get it so wrong? brian: i think there are two problems. these are experiment of figures.ly the ons are having to deal with the fact that we left the eu and have to have new ways of measuring migration. i think it is a difficult time for them to be doing that, particularly when such change. one issue is that they want to -- there is this trade-off between publishing numbers fast sense as to what is going on almost in real time, and when you do that, you inevitably have to make assumptions. a simple example, one of the reasons they have to revise the numbers is they assume that a lot of students when they finish the course just leave. but it is only a few months after they finish the course that you know whether that is true or not, or whether they switched to anher visa like the graduate visa, which they are allowed to do. it is that trade-off between yes, you can get the numbers fast, but you are making lots of assumptions that may turn out not to be correct. that is a choice you have to make. christian: professor brian bell, good ttalk to you tonight. thank you very much

the office for national statistics says it is getting greater accuracy and now think it underestimated the number ofy for more than 12 months and should be included in the data. the vast majority of people who came to live in the uk in the last year arrived quite legally — workers, students, family members and refugees were given visas by the government. only around 3% of the total came in small boats or by other unauthorised routes. so, what is the impact of these changes to the figures? well, it means the uk population is a little bigger than we thought. it means more pressure on public services and housing than we thought. and it means the stats are less reliable than we thought. we have a gloucester—sized hole in our understanding of immigration. reeta. we'll have more on illegal migration a little later in the programme paddy o'connell over on newsnight on bbc two at 10:30. we have more of that live debate on those figures. but we will lead on a moving story about the transport secretary on her mobile phone. she says she pleaded guilty to a criminal offence over a police investigation into a ph

office for national statistics says gdp is higher. rachel reeves said she is not happy with the numbers >> growth is the number one mission of this governmento turn around the poor performance of the last decade or so. am i satisfied with the numbers published today? of course not. i want growth to be stronger and come sooner and also to be felt by families right across the country which is why in my speech last night, i set out an ambitious set of reforms to the pension system to unlock capital up to 80 billion pounds of it to invest in start-up and scale-up businesses and in the infrastructure needs of our country. >> i'm pleased to say john gieve, former deputy from the bank of england, is joining us good to have out the show. >> thank. >> i wonder what you made of the comments from the chancellor yesterday and the comments from andrew bailey. do you think that, you know, the measures that she hinted at yesterday will actually bring meaningful growth to the uk economy? >> well, it was quite a complicated package with lots of elements broadly speaking, it was shaving off a bit of regulation on financial services and merging pension funds

office for national statistics. that's a fall from the 12 months tojune 2023. stay with us here on bbc news. hello from the bbc sport centre. the first day ofd was pretty evenly matched , the black caps scoring over 300 but the tourists took 8 wickets by the close in christchurch. england won the toss and decided to bowl first and made an early breakthrough , with opener devon conway caught and bowled by gus atkinson in the second over. but kane williamson dug in and helped carry new zealand past the 200 mark, he was eventually out for 93. england had the best of the final session. shoaib bashirfinishing the day with figures of 4 for 69. new zealand reaching 319—8 i think bowling against the wind was really, really tough. i felt like the wind sort of took away my line from me a little bit, so i knew i had to work stronger in my bowling action to compensate for that wind. but overall i really enjoyed bowling. i have never bowled in new zealand before. i played that two day warm up game and that was about it so i really, really enjoyed it. a really nice, positive start for the _ a really nice, positive start for the team and the contributions

of inflation has seen its steepest rise month—on—month for two years. in october it was 2.3% — that's up from 1.7% in september. the office for national statisticshas meant higher costs for gas and electricity. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, has been to visit an energy company whose customers are struggling with their bills. it's more important to find out what the customer can afford to pay. welcome to the front line of the cost of living crisis. the gas meter is in credit by 33p. for millions of households, it's never ended. i can see that we've got vulnerabilities at the property and i'm just going to run through a few of them. so, you've got children under the age of two. at 10am at the hampshire energy supplier utilita, the map of customers lights up red as prepayment meters run out of cash after leeway given overnight, and the gas and electric stop until the cash is topped up. thank you. bye bye. here, charlotte is dealing with many harrowing stories of vulnerable customers, some who won't turn their heating on. and right now, a mum concerned about refrigeration of cancer medicines. hand—to—mouth. so when there's those sorts of vulner

office for national statistics says it climbed to 2.3% in october — the sharpest month on month increase for two years. higher energy bills were the main driver, sending inflation back above the bank ofjones gave his reaction to the figures. we know the cost of living continues to be a problem for working families across the country, but gone are the days when inflation was at 10% or ii%, driving family bills through the roof. inflation is stable, it's around target, and the key driver of inflation statistics today is that expected increase in the energy price cap set by the regulator 0fgem. but the good news is that inflation is stable, it's close to target, and that will be good for working families across the country. we will get more reaction to that later in the programme. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. this is bbc news. the funeral of the former 0ne direction member — liam payne — will take place today. the 31—year—old singer died last month when he fell from a hotel balcony in the argentine capital, buenos aires. his family said the ceremony will be a private occasion for family and close friends. an inquest will open today into the death of harshita bre

of inflation in the uk has seen its steepest rise month—on—month for two years. you in october it was 2.3% — that's up from 1.7% are in september. the office for national statisticsp, which has meant higher costs for gas and electricity. the car—maker ford has announced its cutting 800 jobs in the uk over the next three years — that's 15% of its workforce there.it�*s part of a major restructuring programme, which will see 4,000 posts closed across europe.the company said the cuts were due to difficult trading conditions, strict new environmental controls, and weak demand for electric vehicles. a australia has introduced legislation that will ban under 165 from accessing social media. speaking to parliament on thursday, the communications minister michelle rowland said it was a "world—first" bill that will protect young australians at a critical stage in their development. i'm joined now by our australia correspondent katy watson. tell us more about the details in this bill that's being put forward? . this bill was first put forward _ . this bill was first put forward in _ . this bill was first put forward in september| . this bill was first put - forward in septe

office for national statistics says it climbed to 2.3 % in october, the sharpest month on month increase for two years. higher energy bills were the main driver sending inflation back above the bank ofury darrenjones gave his reaction to the figures. we know the cost of living continues to be a problem for working families across the country, but gone are the days when inflation was at 10% or 11%, driving family bills through the roof. inflation is stable, it's around target, and the key driver of inflation statistics today is that expected increase in the energy price cap set by the regulator ofgem. but the good news is that inflation is stable, it's close to target, and that will be good for working families across the country. china has accused pro—democracy media tycoonjimmy lai of being an "agent and lackey for anti—china forces", as his trial resumes in hong kong. mr lai has testified in court for the first time in his years—long battle. he's denied charges of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and publishing seditious materials. the 76—year—old, whose apple daily tabloid had been openly critical of beijing — was frogmarched out of his newsroom in a police raid in augus

office for national statistics says it climbed to 2.3% in october — the sharpest month on month increase for two years. higher energy bills were the main driver, sending inflation back above the bank oftarget. our business reporter peter ruddick explained what the rise means. what we're talking about is an increase in the inflation rate. so an increase in the speed at which price/prices are rising. and it's almost entirely down, as you say, to energy bills because these are backward looking figures. so we're talking about october when people might remember the price cap went up, which means that household gas and electric bills in the uk, quite a lot of them went up. there are, though, two big worries, i think, from these figures. one, if you dig into the details, if you look at core inflation. now that's when you strip out some of the really volatile things in inflation figures — like energy — well, core inflation did still tick up and there is a fear that bits of inflation are proving a little bit stubborn, a little bit sticky. even now — potentially that could be to do with wage increases. and the second concern is could government policies keep this inflation figure higherfor lon

let's speak to mary gregory, the director of population statistics from the office of national statisticsank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. h, ., ., ., ~ programme. good morning. talk us through _ programme. good morning. talk us through right _ programme. good morning. talk us through right away _ programme. good morning. talk us through right away what - programme. good morning. talk us through right away what are l us through right away what are the figures? what do they show? we have seen historically very high levels of net migration. in today's figures, latest figures for the year to june 2020 figures for the year tojune 2020 728,000, 20% drop on the updated estimate tojune 2023 of 906,000. updated estimate to june 2023 of 906,000.— updated estimate to june 2023 of 906,000. r ., a, of 906,000. ok, you might have to say exactly _ of 906,000. ok, you might have to say exactly that _ of 906,000. ok, you might have to say exactly that again - of 906,000. ok, you might have to say exactly that again so - of 9

statistics. the home office's data on small boat crossings will also be released. mark white has more . white has more. >> yeah, my favourite time of the year. the office for national statistics website here. just awaiting those figures to start dropping any second now. me and the newsroom team will be piling through those figures . piling through those figures. lots of gb news branded hot coffee in the hours ahead , and coffee in the hours ahead, and furious farmers fighting back . furious farmers fighting back. >> over 150 tractors took to the port of dover to protest about the government's changes to inheritance tax rules and scottish farmers are today rallying for funding at holyrood. this morning we'll be there and bbc day of action staff are being urged. can you believe this? to wear palestinian colours and a headscarf to show solidarity with palestine? organised by the tuc. is this creating a hostile environment for jews? you bet it is. and the disgraced late businessman mohamed al fayed's alleged youngest victim was just 13 years old. as police identify more than 100 women who he may have raped and abused . and find have raped and abused. and find out why t

all of that comes as uk net migration hit a record 906,000 in the 12 months to june 2023, according to revised figures from the office for national statistics. it comes as figures for the 12 months tojune this year, show estimated net migration of 728,000 — so down 20% — on that revised figure. net migration is the number of people arriving, minus the number of people leaving — so represents an increase to the population. leaving — so represents today's figures come as political leaders across europe and the rest of the world are struggling with the issue of legal and illegal migration. as we said in the headlines, we're expecting to hear from downing street any minute now — we'll bring you that as soon as we have it. what keir starmer has to say about this new landmark agreement with iraq and it will also look at those migration figures. we will carry that as soon as it starts. first, our home editor mark easton on those migration figures. so, today, the office for national statistics gave us its latest estimate of net migration — that's the impact that immigration is having on our population, the difference between people arriving and lea

of 906,000 in the year tojune 2023. it then dropped by 20% over the following 12 months. revised estimates from the office for national statistics home editor, mark easton, has been analysing the data. so, today, the office for national statistics gave us its latest estimate of net migration — that's the impact that immigration is having on our population, the difference between people arriving and leaving — and the figure tojune this year was 728,000. that is one of the highest figures ever. we ought to make it clear that 97% of those people coming actually came quite legally — they came on visas issued by the government — workers, students, dependents, those kind of things. but the big shock in today's figures was not actually that number, but this graph. and what this graph shows is what we now think net migration has been for each year going back roughly a decade. and what you can see is the high point there — that's the year to june last year — was 906,000. but that number has been substantially revised upwards. if we show you this line — that's what we thought actually had been happening. we thought that that high point wa

statistics. i am sure that the home office does hold the data. so would the minister today commit to publishing that information in full.7 >> there's a huge statistical drop of immigration related nationaltics coming at the end of this week. >> so this thursday will be an important day. we can expect legal migration to be down, mainly because of policies put in place by the previous conservative government. but illegal migration, or as the new labour government likes to call it, irregular migration to be up. you may remember that laboun up. you may remember that labour, appearing to possess magical powers, promised to aboush magical powers, promised to abolish the migrant hotel regime, and yet it now confesses to have opened more hotels than it has closed. speaking in the commons yesterday, yvette cooper blamed the tories. what surprise. >> but unfortunately, before the last election, the previous government cut asylum decision making by 75% in the run up to the election, took away caseworkers and that is why the backlog, the backlog was soaring. we have now put caseworkers back into place so that we can start clearing the backlog, because the asylum hotels are costing the taxpayer huge

office does hold the data. so would the minister today commit to publishing that information in full? >> there's a huge statistical drop of immigration related national statistics coming at the end of this week ago. >> now, that is a morsel to dangle. however, questions will remain as to why these figures have taken this long to be published, leading to a wider discussion over over government transparency or the lack of it, particularly regarding who is coming in and out of our country and what crimes they are committing or not. so tonight i'm asking you the big question is it time that our government published statistics on crimes by illegal migrants? tweet hashtag farage on gb news. or you can email us farage @gbnews .com. well, i'm joined in the studio now by the man who asked that question earlier on today. that's the reform uk mp for great yarmouth, rupert lowe, and i'm also joined by gb news senior political commentator nigel nelson. rupert, let's start with you. you've been nibbling away on trying to get crime data published and also benefits data universal credit, that was last week. why do you want this data published and what do you think i

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of inflation has seen its steepest month on month rise for two years. it's up to 2.3%, from 1.7% in september. the office for national statisticsy down to the increase in the energy price cap, which has meant higher costs for gas and electricity. the chief secretary to the treasury, darrenjones, acknowledged more needs to be done to ease the financial pressure on families. here's our business correspondent, marc ashdown. can i start by taking your full name, including your date of birth, please? utilita is an energy supplier which specialises in prepayment meters, which are often used by more vulnerable people. as winter looms, a growing number of calls are coming in from those struggling to afford their bills. we see customers on the lowest incomes, heir gas consumption is decreasing. that means that their home is more likely to be a source of illness in terms of respiratory illness, young children not having a warm room in the property. the 0ns measures how fast the prices of a typical basket of goods are rising. this chart shows the inflation rate. see, how it was pretty steady for many years, but shot up following the pande