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The rhetoric (Chancellor): "The OBR say that this investment will drive growth...and in the longer term increase GDP by up to 1.4%." The reality (OBR): longer term = 50 years hence.

#r4today Chancellor Rachel Reeves again pointing to 1.4% extra growth in longer term and not mentioning that longer term = 50 years.

2/3 of births in 2023 in London to a parent born outside of UK. Good map from Office for National Statistics (ONS) that shows the change over time and regional patterns. E&W average - a bit over 1/3. So there are plenty of LAs with closer to 10% (the palest colour in map below) ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

2.3m estimated victims, 39k convictions ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

Labour Force Survey numbers have seen a small update today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), increasing population estimates while not making much difference to employment rates. But last week's migration numbers – which won't be reflected until 2025 – reduce our rate estimate by adding an extra

Baby names day! Olivia & Muhammad top in E&W in 2023. That's a change in top spot for boys, but top five are unchanged compared with 2022.

Some local councils in England will need to *quintuple* new housing delivery to meet government targets. Analysis - plus postcode lookup for your council at bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

school absence fines (mainly for unauthorised holidays) up by a quarter to record levels. …e-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistic…

excellent new population projection tool from ONS - put in your assumptions and watch the population pyramid stop looking like a pyramid! ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulati…

The head of Amnesty International UK claims in this Guardian article that "The evidence that [predictive policing] keeps us safe just isn’t there". But that's simply not true. Let's look at what the available evidence on predictive policing shows … 🧵 theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/f…

NHS data officer's network raises concerns about the way NHS England is rolling out its federated data platform. The idea might be sound, but the implementation is as ever getting bumpy. Thoughts?