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Nigel Hawkes :: Mon 8th Feb 2010
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.
Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 3rd Feb 2010
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”.
Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 2nd Feb 2010
We're usually right, claims the ONS
ONS has defended its estimates of GDP growth, which have been attacked by economists as excessively gloomy.
Nigel Hawkes :: Sun 31st Jan 2010
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
Nigel Hawkes :: Thu 28th Jan 2010
Dirty secrets
In September I wrote in a blog about climate change : “Nobody minds the camp
Nigel Hawkes :: Thu 21st Jan 2010
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.
Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 13th Jan 2010
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.
Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 12th Jan 2010
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.
Nigel Hawkes :: Mon 11th Jan 2010
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.
Nigel Hawkes :: Wed 6th Jan 2010
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.
