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• Correspondence with the ONS on the 2011 Census for England and Wales

  
  Britology Watch: Deconstructing 'British Values' — Authority: 106
  Further to my previous post on this topic , I received the following reply to my complaint alleging racial discrimination in the way the national-identity and ethnic-group categories are structured in the proposed 2011 Census form for England and Wales: I have now replied in the following terms: 6 ...
  5 days ago

• Michael Whites political briefing | When the statistics are flattering, the headlines are more modest

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  It is a notorious fact of life, not confined to whipping boys of the public sector, that what can easily be measured is what gets measured and what is harder to measure tends to be neglected. So deaths from hospital-acquired infections routinely generate headlines while citizens walking round in good health because ...
  1 week ago

• British recovery still fragile according to surveys

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  Despite Bank of England predictions for stronger growth in 2010 and signs that credit conditions are easing, recovery remains precarious, according to figures released on Monday.
  1 week ago

• Net migration falls by a third

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Office for National Statistics figures show 163,000 more immigrants than emigrants in 2008 Net migration – the number of people who come to live in Britain minus the number who move abroad – fell by more than a third to 163,000 last year, its lowest level since Poland joined the European Union. The Office for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Business Investment is Falling

  
  SME Business News — Authority: 407
  Official figures have revealed that business investment fell in the third quarter of the year. According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the level of money invested by businesses dropped back by 3 per cent compared with the second quarter of the year. In real terms, that represents a fall of £885 ...
  2 weeks ago

• GDP revised up but UK still in recession

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  • GDP contracting more slowly than first thought at 0.3% • City critical of accuracy of initial ONS estimate • Datablog: GDP back to 1948 Britains economy remained stuck in recession in the third quarter of this year, official figures confirm today, with GDP contracting at a rate of 0.3% between July and ...
  2 weeks ago

• UK GDP revision offers little comfort to Alistair Darling

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  The second estimate of GDP for the third quarter shows Britain is still in recession.
  2 weeks ago

• Immigration Figures Due for Release on 26 November 2009

  
  Migration Watch UK: News — Authority: 406
  Background Briefing Annual immigration figures for calendar 2008, the last before the election, will be published by the ONS on Thursday 26 November. The note ( Briefing Paper 9.26 )puts the figures, and Government claims about their immigration policy, into perspective. We expect the net immigration figure to be ...
  2 weeks ago

• International passenger survey: Who comes to the UK and where do Britons go?

  
  News: Datablog | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 126
  The International Passenger Survey measures the comings and goings at Britains ports and airports. Spain remains the most popular destination for UK visitors, but do they reciprocate? And is the financial crisis having a serious effect on UK travel? • Get the data The Office for National Statistics has just ...
  2 weeks ago

• OECD warns Britain risks debt spiral

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  Britain is at growing risk of a "public debt spiral" unless the Government takes "drastic" action to cut the deficit according to the OECD worlds leading economic institution.
  3 weeks ago

• UK unemployment growth slows down

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 138
  The UK unemployment rate appears to be slowing down, despite the number of unemployed people rising again in the three months to September 2009. According to the latest figures released today (11 November) from the Office for National Statistics, UK unemployment reached 2.46 million in September and the jobless rate ...
  4 weeks ago

• King to reveal pre-election forecasts as economists row over downturn

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Analysts sharply divided over ONS data on economy Mervyn King will reveal the Bank of Englands forecasts for the crucial pre-election period this week, amid a furious row among some of Britains most prominent economists about whether the recession is already over. With the poll due by June at the latest, Alistair ...
  4 weeks ago

• Annual increase in October house prices

  
  ICM Commercial & Business News — Authority: 138
  According to UK building society Nationwide, house prices increased by 2% annually in October – the first annual rise for 19 months. The monthly rate of growth is however is slowing down, with a 0.4% increase in October compared with the 0.9% in September. The average price of a house in the UK has risen to ...
  6 weeks ago

• The 2011 Census And the Suppression Of English Identity

  
  Britology Watch: Deconstructing 'British Values' — Authority: 106
  On Wednesday of this week, the Office for National Statistics (for England and Wales) published their final recommendations for the 2011 census questions, including those on national identity and ethnic group . I’ve written about these questions on three previous occasions ( here , here and here ). I don’t ...
  6 weeks ago

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