UK economy shrinks by worst in over 3 years
Contraction worst since March 2016 The UK’s economy shrank in April by 0.4%, the worst fall in more than three years, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). An […]
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Weds: Tories vote thru more police cuts. ONS today: 18% rise in murder rate in just 2yrs
In the House of Commons yesterday, the Tories voted through a police ‘grant’ or budget that was attacked by the Labour Party for its real-terms cut to police funding. Last […]
The REAL unemployment figs: 84k FEWER in employment
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) published its latest employment figures this week. As usual, the government latched onto any remotely positive figure that it could spin as proof of […]
Child poverty may be relative, but it’s a killer and a blight
Since I blogged a couple of weeks ago on the reality that the Tories’ changes to the benefit system are going to force at least 1.2 million more children into […]
Tories’ outright lies on 1% benefit uprating
While I was going through this month’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) employment statistics for my monthly analysis of what you won’t see in the headlines, I came across a […]
Jan labour stats: headline hides bad news for women, young, long-term
This month’s employment statistics have drawn continued comment from the news media and observers about the supposed ‘oddity’ of increasing employment when the UK’s economic contraction continues. But the story […]
Govt claims 510k new jobs in 2012. Real figure? 209k
An article in yesterday’s Guardian by Shiv Malik and James Ball exposes as a fallacy claims by the government, including George Osborne in his autumn statement, to have created half […]
Nov employment stats: bad news for young, women, disabled
The government has been quiet on this month’s employment stats so far, which is usually a sign that ministers made too big a deal of the good news they’ve spun […]
October employment statistics: Cameron lies and misdirects
It’s time again to take a proper look at the latest ONS employment statistics. David Cameron, with his usual arrogant sneer, tried to taunt Ed Miliband this week during Prime […]
Latest ONS employment stats: spin, gender and Cameron’s bare-faced lie
Every month, I take a detailed look at the latest ONS employment statistics, to see how reality compares to the spin and emphasis used by David Cameron’s government, picked up […]