Posts by Liz McKeown

‘Shining a light on society’ – innovating to answer big policy questions

Categories: Data, Public Policy Analysis Quarterly Review

Award-winning work on homelessness, world-leading progress in measuring sustainable development and the transformation of the UK’s migration estimates are just three current projects in ONS Public Policy Analysis.  They show how the ONS is uniquely placed to harness the potential of new data sources and answer important questions facing Britain today.

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New public policy analysis quarterly review published: The year so far

Categories: ONS, Population, Public Policy, Public Policy Analysis Quarterly Review

New insights on the scale of childhood bereavement, the jobs at risk of automation and how inequality is affecting life expectancy have all come from ONS Public Policy Analysis this year. Following the publishing of the second edition of our quarterly review, Liz McKeown looks back on some of these findings and discusses how you can also input to this review.

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Filling in the gaps: Introducing our new quarterly public policy analysis review

Categories: Office for National Statistics, Public Policy, Public Policy Analysis Quarterly Review

Some recent ground-breaking work from ONS on topics including deaths of homeless people and the impact of migration has been the result of the new ONS centres for Public Policy Analysis. Here, Liz McKeown provides an update on the work of these centres and their achievements so far.

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New ONS Centres to focus on the public policy issues that matter

Categories: Crime, ONS, Population, Public Policy

As well as producing the nation’s most important statistics, the Office for National Statistics is also focusing on filling evidence gaps and producing incisive analysis that illuminates the key policy challenges of the age. Here Liz McKeown reveals how five new ONS Centres – each focusing on a key policy area – will help provide the evidence to inform better decisions.  

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An ageing global population – How ONS is improving the evidence base

Categories: ONS, Public Policy

We are undertaking a programme of research to provide better evidence to understand the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population. Here, Liz McKeown introduces some of the available evidence and our plans going forward including the establishment of a Centre for Ageing and Demography.

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