Sir Ian Diamond, the National Statistician, talks about the publication of the Report of the Inclusive Data Taskforce today that…
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For the first time in four decades life expectancy for men in the UK has fallen. But what does that…
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The ONS has worked at speed to help inform the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. But producing reliable estimates…
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Alison Pritchard, Deputy National Statistician and Director General for Data Capability at the Office for National Statistics, considers the vital role of data in helping to improve our mental health.
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In March 2020, as the nation was urged to stay at home and only to leave for essential reasons, our lives were turned upside down. At ONS, most staff moved to homeworking, and those of us with children found ourselves, in common with millions of others, trying to combine childcare and home-schooling with working in new ways. Here Tim Vizard looks back over the impact we’ve seen the pandemic having on people’s lives.
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