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Ministers are ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring how many foreigners are travelling to and from Britain has ‘fallen apart’ during Covid-19 pandemic Academics say there is no reliable data on how many migrants arrived last year They also noted that an extra 1.25million people had ‘appeared’ in one survey Director of the Migration … Read more
Ministers are ‘flying blind’ on migrant statistics because monitoring how many foreigners are travelling to and from Britain has ‘fallen apart’ during Covid-19 pandemic Academics say there is no reliable data on how many migrants arrived last year They also noted that an extra 1.25million people had ‘appeared’ in one survey Director of the Migration … Read more
Britain’s statistics watchdog today criticised Number 10 for not being transparent enough with the data it used to justify England’s second lockdown. The UK Statistics Authority — which has slammed ministers before for overblown claims about their testing capacity — argued that numbers presented to the public have not always been backed up by ‘transparent … Read more
Number 10’s publicly-available coronavirus statistics are ‘disparate’ and mask the true scale of England’s second wave, top scientists have warned. Researchers from University College London warned there are ‘significant gaps in data quality, consistency and availability’ which make tracking the virus’ trajectory near-impossible. They slammed ministers for cherry-picking figures — which are ‘often from disparate sources … Read more
More proof England’s Covid-19 outbreak is slowing down? ONS estimates 35,200 people got infected every day last week – a rise of 26% in a week (but the speed of growth has slowed again) Office for National Statistics data is based on random swab testing of the population across England Its estimates last week were … Read more
Coronavirus cases in Britain ARE rising: Official for National Statistics and symptom-tracking app agree there are now more than 3,200 new infections per day and climbing By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 12:32 BST, 11 September 2020 | Updated: 12:32 BST, 11 September 2020 Statistics experts are now in agreement that the … Read more
Coronavirus cases were at least three times higher than the Government was reporting at the height of the UK’s crisis, data suggests. Analysis of thousands of GP appointment records show there were 8,985 suspected Covid-19 cases between February 14 and April 30. This is the number of people who family doctors thought had Covid, but could … Read more
England’s coronavirus outbreak has slowed down for a third week in a row with official statistics estimating there are now just 2,200 new cases per day. Some 28,200 people in England are thought to be infected at any one time – 0.05 per cent of the population or one in every 1,900 people. This total, … Read more
UK announces 16 more coronavirus deaths: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland record zero victims for second day running but SAGE warns the R rate has risen to dreaded number 1 in England NHS England revealed that all victims had died in its hospitals, while other home nations suffered no deaths The preliminary total does not account … Read more
Sunrise or Today? New statistics reveal which breakfast TV show has better audience engagement By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 18:03 BST, 2 July 2020 | Updated: 18:04 BST, 2 July 2020 Breakfast television shows Sunrise and Today are constantly battling for ratings. And now new figures reveal one show is able to … Read more