Office for National Statistics has ‘deep-seated’ problems and needs an overhaul
by Phillip Inman from Economics | The Guardian on (#6Y8JQ)
Devereux Review on the UK's main statistics body also says a revision of past figures may be required
The UK's main statistics body needs a 10m overhaul and its top role split in two after a series of management failings and errors that have plagued the organisation for several years, a scathing report has found.
The Devereux Review on performance and culture of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) found deep-seated" issues that called for radical measures and warned of the likelihood that past statistics would need to be revised.
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