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The Guardian's front page story today was based on a wide-ranging interview with the President of the Faculty of Public Health, Professor John Ashton. Among other things, he said: "The … Read
Rt. Hon. Peter Riddell CBE gave the Beveridge Lecture at the Royal Statistical Society last week. Mr Riddell is Director of the Institute for Government. Before that he was a … Read
"The key is to make complaints strictly factual, and backed up by references to the relevant facts and statistics, from official sources if possible." That's according to Jonathan Portes, Director … Read
According to the BBC, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has received more letters from the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) critiquing or suggesting changes to its use of statistics … Read
For the first time in almost six years, Immigration has topped the list of issues people see as the most important facing Britain today, beating the economy into second place. … Read
Yesterday we wrote about a BBC news article which originally claimed social media crimes accounted for 'at least half' of front-line policing. They've since updated the article to clarify the … Read
Amid today's announcement by Business Secretary Vince Cable of plans to ban "exclusivity clauses" in zero-hour contracts, the familiar question of how many contracts there are re-emerged. There are about … Read
Speaking on radio 4's Today programme this morning, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "Last week the independent Commonwealth Fund based in Washington rated the NHS as the top healthcare system … Read
In an opinion column for the Mirror this morning, associate editor Kevin Maguire claimed that behind the "jobs miracle" of the current government lay a "giant con". Behind the two … Read
"If the coverage is on the radio, I recommend sticking your fingers in your ears and loudly saying 'la-la-la' to yourself". So has said statistician Professor David Spiegelhalter from the … Read
