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Office for National Statistics (ONS)

16 Jul, 6 tweets, 4 min read

Limits on social contact and many other #COVID19 restrictions will be eased in England and Scotland from 19 July and in Wales from 7 August.

Two-thirds of adults in Great Britain said they still plan to cover their faces in shops when rules are lifted ow.ly/f75c50FxfWt

20% of adults were very worried and 36% somewhat worried about the plan to lift #COVID19 rules in England on 19 July 2021.

This compares with 5% who were somewhat unworried and 15% of adults who were not at all worried ow.ly/gKe550Fxg2L

54% of adults said they are looking forward to going on holiday abroad when #COVID19 rules end.

Younger people aged 16 to 29 years were the most likely to say they wanted to do this (62%) ow.ly/poPv50Fxg5G

People aged 16 to 29 years also had the highest percentages for wanting to do activities such as

▪️ meeting indoors with no limits on numbers (54%)
▪️ staying at someone’s house with no limits on numbers (46%)
▪️ going to concerts or nightclubs (44%)

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Our latest Opinions & Lifestyle survey also found between 7-11 July, anxiety levels increased (4.0 out of 10 this week, 3.8 last week) - continuing a gradual increase since 2 to 6 June (3.6).

Other personal well-being measures remained stable ow.ly/EAgx50Fxgbw

Positive sentiment towards the #COVID19 vaccine remained high, with 95% of adults reporting they’d either received a vaccine or would be likely to have one if offered.

This compares with 78% at the start of the vaccination programme (10 to 13 Dec 2020) ow.ly/RwDO50FxgeW

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Headline indicators for the UK labour market for March to May 2021 show

▪️ employment was 74.8%
▪️ unemployment was 4.8%
▪️ economic inactivity was 21.3%

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Commenting on today’s labour market data, ONS Director of Economic Statistics Darren Morgan said: (1/4)

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Average house prices increased over the year in

▪️ England to £271,000 (9.7%)
▪️ Wales to £184,000 (13.3%)
▪️ Scotland to £171,000 (12.1%)
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Private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.2% in the 12 months to June 2021.

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Commenting on house price data for May, ONS Head of Economic Statistics Sam Beckett said: (1/2)

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The Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 2.4% in the 12 months to June 2021.

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▪ 118 more than Week 25
▪️ 485 fewer than the five-year average for Week 26

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Of the 8,808 deaths registered in Week 26, 109 mentioned #COVID19 on the death certificate (1.2% of all deaths).

This was a slight increase compared with the previous week (99 deaths) ow.ly/I1k850FuKgp

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