Sunak is reported to statistics watchdog for misleading the public about poverty increase
Rishi Sunak: misleading on poverty.
Here’s another lie from the Party of Liars:
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been reported to the UK’s statistics watchdog over Labour claims he misled the public by saying the number of people in poverty is falling – at a time when internationally recognised measures show it has risen by 1.5 million under Tory rule.
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Bridget Phillipson said the “cowardly” chancellor was corroding public trust by trying to cover up the truth on “appalling” inequalities which have seen the numbers of children in poverty rise to 4.2 million.
Boris Johnson has been repeatedly rapped over the knuckles by the watchdog over his claims that poverty has fallen under the Tories, with Office for Statistics Regulation chief Ed Humpherson issuing a formal warning to Downing Street only last month that the prime minister’s cherry-picking of statistical measures was getting in the way of public understanding of the problem.
Sunak will escape without any real punishment, no matter how severe his offence.
The fun is in finding out how ridiculous his excuse will be.
Source: Rishi Sunak facing probe over use of poverty statistics | The Independent
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