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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Nan Spowart

Professor warns census delay risks worsening impact of politicisation

Professor Lindsay Paterson speaks out after lack of responses leads to deadline moving back amid council elections

A WARNING has been given that Scotland’s census is in danger of becoming even more politicised because the deadline has been postponed on the eve of the local elections.

The Scottish Government announced last week that the deadline would be moved back by a month ­because more than 600,000 households have yet to fill out the forms.

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