Timely and exceptionally clear. Why and how ONS counts the "underlying cause of death", how this differs from "mentioned on the death certificate" and directly addresses how COVID-19 compares to flu, especially as separated by age.

How does COVID compare with flu as a cause of death? We've looked at how the two have compared over the course of the pandemic, with some analysis of how COVID compares to historical flu seasons. Ft. charts from me and @ebsvickery with a great write up from Siobhan Palmer

Some really interesting stats on hybrid working in this new Office for National Statistics (ONS) piece today. Eg. The more your job pays, the more likely you're able to work from home... ons.gov.uk/employmentandl…

Congratulations to Jack Monroe on getting her own Office for National Statistics (ONS) index - food inflation on the lowest-cost items in supermarkets... ons.gov.uk/economy/inflat…

This application to be a senior data journalist at ONS closes tonight! Come work with me, we have (nerdy) fun

1/ 📈BREAKING📈 First results from #Census2021 have just been published. I've summaries some of the main headline rankings in this thread... (Scroll to the end for links to all the interactive articles and bulletins on the Office for National Statistics (ONS) website) ons.gov.uk/releases/initi…

#COVID19 has had a huge impact on where our money goes 💳💰 As the cost-of-living increases, we’ve looked at retail change and the story behind our financial transactions ➡️ ow.ly/8rbg50JSxAq

Really proud to have worked on this piece with Siobhan Palmer David Ainslie on how people are responding to rising costs. There's so much in this data and plenty more to come from us over the coming months.

Calling all twitter users! We're planning an update to our personal inflation calculator in the coming weeks and are looking for your feedback. Help us develop our tool by trying out our prototype (bit.ly/3Jz5Y6r) and leaving us some feedback (bit.ly/3Q0U07W)

Our new and improved inflation calculator is live today. See how the cost of living rise is affecting you, and find out what is causing your costs to increase.

Amazing that this Office for National Statistics (ONS) tool to calculate "personal inflation" has been developed (i.e. a better estimate of how much prices are rising for you personally, rather than average person). And importantly, it has now been embedded on BBC News (UK) website, to reach more people.👏

Striking chart showing change in people out of the workforce because of long-term sickness - up almost 500,000 since 2019. We’ve more to learn about what is behind this, but ageing workforce, COVID, NHS waiting lists and even home working could play a role.

Did you know more people living in London worked in computer programming than in finance at the time of Census 2021? This plus other interesting insights into local industry changes in our latest article from me and Anna Khoo ow.ly/vY3G50LYemK

We’ve updated our personal inflation calculator 🖩 Use it to calculate your own personal inflation experience based on what you spend your money on. ➡️ ow.ly/AEGK50M2VK8

Housing data for England and Wales is now live on #CensusMaps. Enjoy! #Census2021 ons.gov.uk/census/maps/ch…

Want to get #Census2021 data for any area in England and Wales? Wards, parishes, parliamentary constituencies, or perhaps a 1km radius around a local park, school or train station? "Build a custom area profile" is here to help! ons.gov.uk/visualisations… 1/3

In some personal news, today was my last day at ONS for 5 months. I'm off on parental leave with the little one! There'll be less vis and stats from me for a bit while I work on my nursery rhyme repertoire but follow me for the occasional PL update.

🚨 Job alert! An opportunity to join our fantastic #datavis team at Office for National Statistics (ONS). We're hiring two Senior Data Visualisation Specialists. Salary up to £42,394, permanent. civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… Here's a 🧵 on some of my own ONS data vis highlights... 1/7

📈📉We've just published a nifty new #ONS tool that allows you to see how different factors affect population projections! Adjust life expectancy, fertility rate and net migration to see how they affect estimates... (hats off to Sam Bennett for this one!)

Our tool explores the use of different goods and services (or “products”), by UK industries. It can be used to understand which industries are the biggest users of a selected product in their production. Use the tool here ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/nation…