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UK residents paid out a record amount of inheritance tax in July after the number of coronavirus deaths soared. According to new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), receipts from the 40% death duty hit £571 million in last month, marking the most ever paid in a singl

UK Government public sector borrowing reached £10.4 billion in July, however, this was £10.1bn less than in July 2020.

UK retail sales fell by 2.5% month-on-month in July, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

House prices in Scotland increased by 12% in the last year to take the average house price in Scotland up to £173,961, the House Price Index for June 2021 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed. The annual increase is the sharpest rise since November 2007, in the midst of the

For April-June 2021, Scotland’s employment rate estimate decreased slightly over the quarter to 74.2%, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). At the same time, the unemployment rate estimate decreased slightly over the quarter to 4.3%.

The UK economy grew by 4.8% between April and June, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Scotland's unemployment rate dropped slightly in the last quarter, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Consumer price inflation rose by 2.4% in June, up from 2.1% reported in May, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

UK gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have grown by 0.8% in May 2021, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The UK's GDP grew 2.3% in April as lockdown restrictions eased across the country, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

UK retail sales volumes rose 9.2% month-on-month in April, according to the latest figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Consumer price inflation more than doubled in April to a 13-month high of 1.5%, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Scotland's unemployment rate fell slightly from January to March 2021, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The UK economy shrank by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021 as the winter coronavirus lockdown restrictions took hold.

Consumer price inflation rose to 0.7% in March from a three-month low of 0.4% in February, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).