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July 2024

  • Petra Fleming in front of Covid wall of remembrance with red hearts

    ‘Bittersweet’: Covid report does not go far enough, say bereaved families

    Relatives feel vindicated by ‘damning’ analysis of an unprepared Britain but say many issues not addressed

January 2024

  • Angela Rayner, deputy leader of the Labour party

    Councils in crisis
    Angela Rayner: Tories’ council fund is cynical pre-election sticking plaster

    Exclusive: Labour ‘under no illusions’ about mess party stands to inherit, as council leaders warn more will go bust next year

November 2023

  • London Trans+ Pride march, July 2022, UK

    Census records trans population in England and Wales – but accuracy is doubted

    Statisticians say question on gender and sex in 2021 ONS survey could have been misinterpreted by people unable to speak English well

August 2023

  • Pollution in the River Thames, London, May 2018

    RSPB v the Tories: six environmental promises - lies or otherwise?

  • Winchester college in Hampshire

    UK spends £13m on private schooling for diplomats’ children

February 2023

  • The rule was issued last month as part of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s rewrite of employee procedures.

    Biden administration’s rule for federal scientists is a ‘gag order’, critics say

    Federal scientists would largely be barred from publicly discussing research, which could have a ‘chilling effect’, experts say

January 2023

  • Cumbrian base of The Lakes Distillery

    British taxpayers get stake in psychedelic medicine, whisky and footballers’ investor

    Government’s Future Fund rescue capital, set up amid Covid pandemic, backs a further 53 firms

November 2022

  • The Lady of Justice statue on top of the ‘Old Bailey’ central criminal court in London.

    Britain’s justice system is hampered by bad data collection

  • Georgina Sturge

    From migration to railways, how bad data infiltrated British politics

    Georgina Sturge

July 2022

  • Primary school class

    Pupil numbers in England set to shrink by almost 1 million in 10 years

    Government forecast anticipates 12% decline, mainly due to fewer births, with surplus school places in years ahead

February 2022

  • Spiegelhalter

    I didn’t take Covid seriously enough, admits leading statistician

    Sir David Spiegelhalter tells Desert Island Discs he wouldn’t make a good government adviser because he is too optimistic

December 2021

  • Covid-19 patients in Milton Keynes hospital ICU, England, January 2021

    Covid in England: how the NHS could be hit this winter

    Hospitals may have fewer Covid-19 patients now but the statistics point to worrying times ahead for the NHS

October 2021

  • Matt Hancock

    MPs and civil servants called to account for misleading use of statistics

    Official statistics watchdog has responded to a rise in complaints from politicians and the public about misuse of figures

July 2021

  • Habitat mosaic at the Knepp estate, Sussex

    The age of extinction
    New biodiversity algorithm ‘will blight range of natural habitats in England’

  • Tom Scholar

    Pin resets wipe all data from over 100 Treasury mobile phones

June 2021

  • Covid-19 test site, England. Ministers received an email from a senior civil servant relaying the ‘fast track’ notice for firms bidding for Covid test contracts.

    Concerns over VIP lane for Covid testing contracts after ‘fast track’ email revealed

  • Pupils attending a school in Gloucestershire, in March 2021, queue for a Covid-19 test

    Tory group demands rethink on recovery plan for English schools

December 2020

  • Information from smart phone<br>information coming out of a smart phone

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archives: How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes next – podcast

    This week: The ability of statistics to accurately represent the world is declining. In its wake, a new age of big data controlled by private companies is taking over – and putting democracy in peril

October 2020

  • A woman waits for a bus on the Strand. Far less crowding and mixing is taking place on public transport

    Covid-19 rates: Can London be different from other regions?

  • Coronavirus test centre at Twickenham stadium, London, September

    Consultants' fees 'up to £6,250 a day' for work on Covid test system

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