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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: November 2025
What's in the bulletin?
- When asked about the important issues facing the UK today, the most commonly reported issues were the cost of living (88%), the NHS (82%), the economy (71%), immigration (64%), crime (61%), and housing (55%).
- Among the 87% of adults who planned to make Christmas purchases, 41% said they would buy gifts earlier and 41% said that they would reduce overall spending, to help spread the cost of purchases this year.
- Of those planning to make Christmas purchases, around 38% reported that they would spend more this Christmas when compared with last year; this figure increased to 55% for those aged 16 to 29 years.
Beyond GDP insights – environment, climate and nature, UK: 2025
Annual review of UK progress from an environmental, climate and nature perspective, drawing on a range of official statistics. This article supplements our Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP in the UK releases, and our environmental and natural capital accounts.
UK Measures of National Well-being Dashboard
An overview of well-being in the UK on an individual, community and national level. Considers change across 59 measures of well-being, grouped by 10 topic areas.
Datasets related to Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP
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UK Measures of National Well-being
The UK’s progress across 10 topic areas of national well-being. Breakdowns by UK country and region, age and sex, including quality information where available.
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Estimates of quarterly greenhouse gas emissions
Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions using the Chow-Lin regression-based temporal disaggregation method, quarterly data.
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Household satellite account, UK
Annual data on the output, intermediate consumption and gross value added of home-produced services.
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Annual personal well-being estimates
Annual estimates of life satisfaction, feeling that the things done in life are worthwhile, happiness and anxiety in the UK, by national, country, regional, county, local and unitary authority level and personal characteristics including analysis on the characteristics that are most likely to impact personal well-being.
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Experiences of NHS healthcare services in England
Experiences of local GP services, NHS treatment waiting lists, community health services, dentistry and pharmacy services, analysing data from the Health Insight Survey commissioned by NHS England. These are official statistics in development.
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Children's well-being measures
The latest data for the measures of children’s well-being, complementing the UK Measures of National Well-being.
Publications related to Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP
Statistical bulletins
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UK Environmental Accounts: 2025
Measuring the contribution of the environment to the economy, the impact of economic activity on the environment, and responses to environmental issues.
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UK natural capital accounts: 2025
Estimates of the economic and social value of natural resources to the UK’s economy and people.
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Personal well-being in the UK: April 2022 to March 2023
Estimates of life satisfaction, worthwhile, happiness, and anxiety, by select geographies including local authority level and individual characteristics and circumstances.
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Public opinions and social trends, Great Britain: November 2025
Social insights on daily life and events, including Christmas spending and knowledge of cryptocurrency, using data from our Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.
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Crime in England and Wales: year ending June 2025
Crime against households and people aged 16 years and over, using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) and police recorded crime. Police recorded crime data also include crimes against businesses, society and children.
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Health in England: 2015 to 2021
Insights into England’s health during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at national, regional and local authority level, using the Health Index.
Articles
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Which skills are employers seeking in your area?
Explore which jobs are advertised the most in your UK local authority area, and how many local residents have the relevant skills to fill them
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Inclusive wealth and income accounts, UK
Estimates and analysis of economic progress, including a broader range of economic activities and assets than gross domestic product (GDP), like unpaid household services, ecosystem services, and more. These are official statistics in development.
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Inclusive capital stock, UK
Bringing together estimates of productive capital, natural capital and human capital, this article gives a picture of the UK’s inclusive capital stock for 2019 and 2020.
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Overview of human capital estimates in the UK
National estimates of human capital stock in the UK for years between 2004 and 2020. Includes full and employed human capital estimates for each year.
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Exploring loneliness in children, Great Britain
Analysis of children's (aged 10 to 15 years) reporting of loneliness and perception of their circumstances from The Children’s Society Household Survey.
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Energy efficiency of housing in England and Wales
Energy efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions and central heating main fuel type for new and existing homes by property type, tenure, and property age.
Methodology related to Measuring progress, well-being and beyond GDP
Find, compare and visualise statistics about places within the United Kingdom.