Robert Cuffe
@robertcuffe
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@BBCNews’s statistician. Number nerd 24-7-365.2425.
London, England
Joined July 2009
Beware people brandishing data they say "proves" only we can win here.
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How does publishing data this way help inform the public? Lunchtime data: Evening data:
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RT @d_spiegel: excellent new population projection tool from ONS - put in your assumptions and watch the population pyramid stop looking li…
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school absence fines (mainly for unauthorised holidays) up by a quarter to record levels.
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Harder to see an 'economic crash' in the sense of a recession or spike in unemployment in late 2022, early 2023.
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Some local councils in England will need to *quintuple* new housing delivery to meet government targets. Analysis - plus postcode lookup for your council at
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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.
Today we’ve released the most popular baby names for England and Wales in 2023👶 🥇 what’s no. 1 🥳 newcomers and movers in the top 10 ⏫ names making it into the top 100 👋 names out of the top 100 Swipe and find out ⬇️
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RT @resfoundation: Labour Force Survey numbers have seen a small update today by the @ONS, increasing population estimates while not making…
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2/3 of births in 2023 in London to a parent born outside of UK. Good map from @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)
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#r4today Chancellor @RachelReevesMP again pointing to 1.4% extra growth in longer term and not mentioning that longer term = 50 years.
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.
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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.
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RT @Frencheconomics: There are frustratingly polarised views on how much Gilt markets are signalling unease with the recent evolution of UK…
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RT @OurWorldInData: People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are. In the United States, for examp…
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RT @carapacitti: And finally, we should note that PSNFL isn't actually 'recognising the benefits' of investment, it just gives the governme…
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