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UK agency reckons it’s statistics will be more accurate if it doesn’t publish them
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The Office for National Statistics has just proved to us all that it isn’t the national home of logic.
Here’s The Guardian:
“The UK’s statistics agency has announced plans to scrap some of its publications on health, crime and the regions of the UK as part of its “recovery” plan to boost the reliability of its core data.
“Under pressure over quality, the Office for National Statistics said it would reduce the number of reports it produces each year by about 10% in 2026 to help it prioritise resources.”
Can anybody else see the irony in the ONS saying that, in order to improve its statistics, it’s going to stop publishing them?
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