The Latest Breaking News from The UK Statistics Authority

Sir Ian Diamond led the Office for National Statistics for the past five years.

Sir Ian Diamond is Britain’s most senior statistician

Public Health Scotland and the Scottish Government has amended a summary document published in June after a complaint by the Tories.

A group of medical experts have defended an agency’s research into the effects of alcohol minimum unit pricing (MUP), saying a Conservative MSP…

Dr Sandesh Gulhane has written to the head of the UK Statistics Authority over Scottish Government

Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock branded it unacceptable that three Tory frontbenchers - including the Prime Minister - have failed to correct misleading claims

Asylum data cited by the Prime Minister ‘do not reflect’ Home Office records, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority said

Asylum data cited by the Prime Minister ‘do not reflect’ Home Office records, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority said.

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after three ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher