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Nigel Hawkes :: Mon 8th Feb 2010

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Set a thief to catch a thief?

Lucky old Greeks. They’ve got themselves into enough of an economic muddle to have to take lectures from the EU on getting their statistics in order.

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Comments (0) :: Last comment Mon 8th Feb 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 3rd Feb 2010

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Conservatives’ crime claims challenged

Mark Easton of the BBC has taken a swing at the Conservatives’ use of crime statistics to support David Cameron's claims of a “broken society”.

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Comments (0) :: Last comment Wed 3rd Feb 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 2nd Feb 2010

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We're usually right, claims the ONS

ONS has defended its estimates of GDP growth, which have been attacked by economists as excessively gloomy.

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Nigel Hawkes :: Sun 31st Jan 2010

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UK Statistics Authority spells out priorities

 The UK Statistics Authority has issued its pre-election wish-list in a letter from the authority’s Chair, Sir Michael Scholar (pictured), to the leaders of the major political par

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Comments (1) :: Last comment Mon 1st Feb 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu 28th Jan 2010

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Dirty secrets

In September I wrote in a blog about climate change :  “Nobody minds the camp

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Comments (1) :: Last comment Sun 31st Jan 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Thu 21st Jan 2010

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Getting the needle

More than three quarters of US medical students believe that Western medicine would benefit from integrating more complementary and alternative therapies and ideas.

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Comments (0) :: Last comment Thu 21st Jan 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 13th Jan 2010

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No decline in assault victims admitted to hospital

The latest data on hospital admissions for assault bring little comfort to the Home Office’s Tackling Knives Action Programme, launched in ten areas in June 2008.

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Comments (0) :: Last comment Wed 13th Jan 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 12th Jan 2010

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LibDems claims seriously overrated

An over-excited intern at the LibDem headquarters has been landed with the blame for a statistical howler picked up by the Guido Fawkes blog.

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Comments (0) :: Last comment Tue 12th Jan 2010

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon 11th Jan 2010

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The job's lousy but the commute is great

You might expect an unemployment level of 10 per cent to make those who are employed pretty happy with their jobs.

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Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 6th Jan 2010

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DNA database has only a modest impact on crime clear-up

The DNA database is involved in solving only 0.67 per cent of crimes, the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee were told yesterday.

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Comments (1) :: Last comment Thu 4th Feb 2010