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Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widenedThe head of the Office for National Statistics has been summoned for a grilling by MPs next week amid concerns the UK’s faulty economic data has become “virtually unusable”.The cross-party Treasury select committee has asked Prof Sir Ian Diamond to appear before it, after the ONS conceded in December that it might not be able to launch a new series to replace the problematic labour force survey (LFS) until 2027. Continue reading…
Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widened
The head of the Office for National Statistics has been summoned for a grilling by MPs next week amid concerns the UK’s faulty economic data has become “virtually unusable”.
The cross-party Treasury select committee has asked Prof Sir Ian Diamond to appear before it, after the ONS conceded in December that it might not be able to launch a new series to replace the problematic labour force survey (LFS) until 2027.
