England and Wales have recorded their second-largest annual population increase in over 75 years, driven almost entirely by ...

England and Wales witnessed a significant population surge, adding 706,881 residents in a year, primarily fueled by migration ...

In 2022/23, more than 16 million people, almost a quarter of the population (24 percent) were living in poverty. Over one in three children, 5.2 million (36 percent) are included in the figures.