Getting in a spin over public sector pensions
Public sector pensions are complicated enough without journalists trying to use statistics to stir things up even more
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Police face a crunch on numbers
No sooner are they in power than the Tories give us all a fright over law and order.
Cabinet Office rapped for dodgy figures
The Cabinet Office has had a rap on the knuckles from Sir Michael Scholar, Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, over the publication of unvalidated statistics on public sector employment.
Iffy maths from the TUC on pensions
The TUC, apparently reluctant to believe George Osborne’s promise to pensioners in his Budget, issued a press release on Saturday claiming that the old would have been better off over the n
Dodgy counting in the civil service
How many people are employed in the public sector?
Miscalculating the cost of public sector pensions
If it’s a good story, who cares about an extra zero?
Fools rush in ...
It’s tempting fate to get into this particular subject again, but I cannot pass by an analysis by the Institute for
The Sunday Times and the public and private sector
An article in last week’s Sunday Times comparing pay and conditions in the private and public sector has caused controversy, with charges that the comparisons made were unfair.
Who's the fattest cat, private or public?
“Say it again, say it often: the public sector is less well-paid” says Polly Toynbee in today’s Guardian. She can say it as often as she likes: but that doesn’t make it true.
