Confused messages about immigration
Had you flicked through last week's papers, you would be forgiven for thinking that Britain's population is certain to hit 70 million within 25 years.
Sheila Bird and Clive Fairweather :: Wed 28th Jul 2010
Sheila Bird :: Tue 20th Jul 2010
Nigel Hawkes :: Tue 20th Jul 2010
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Had you flicked through last week's papers, you would be forgiven for thinking that Britain's population is certain to hit 70 million within 25 years.
A survey by YouGov, commissioned by the Optimum Population Trust , provides a brilliant example of how a less than totally neutral survey and poor reporting deliver quite a story.
The claim by the Equality and Human Rights Commission that there is no evidence that immigrants get favourable access to social housing was based on faulty reasoning.
Civitas has published a report by Mervyn Stone, Emeritus Professor of Statistics at University College London accusing the Government of "sidelining honesty and truth" in major poli