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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
It’s become something of a ritual for me to take a closer look at the latest ONS employment statistics every month. Once the government starts to trumpet (or not) its […]