‘Force is with us’ says King as he tours observatory in Bermuda Charles made the remark as he was visiting a site operated by the UK Space Agency on the Caribbean island. Evening Standard · May 2
Charles to end Bermuda trip by launching UK Space Agency project During his final day in Bermuda the King will also open the new Great Bay Coast Guard Station. Evening Standard · May 2
King Charles apologises for 400-year wait during Bermuda visit Charles is scheduled to visit a new UKSA observatory on the island The Independent UK · May 2
South London council's claim of tax freeze may 'mislead' residents, UKSA warns While the authority froze its ‘core’ council tax, the overall bill for residents rose by roughly 3% Evening Standard · Mar 24
Labour council warned of ‘potential to mislead’ taxpayers over frozen tax claim The UK Statistics Authority has written to Wandsworth Council about the claim it is freezing council tax for the fourth consecutive year. Evening Standard · Mar 24
Energy minister rebuked by stats authority over Scottish NHS claims Michael Shanks posted a video to social media last November accusing the Scottish Government of ‘doctoring’ NHS figures. Evening Standard · Jan 14
'We've known it's been coming for a while': Inside the decision to eliminate the UK Space Agency The writing has been on the wall for years that the UK Space Agency would be scrapped, but will its end after a mere 15 years in existence undermine Britain's space ambitions? Space · Sep 1, 2025
The UK Space Agency has been absorbed into the science department. The potential effects are still unclear The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has become part of the government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT). The announcement was made on August 20 2025 by Chris Bryant MP, minister of state for data protection and telecoms. The Conversation · Aug 21, 2025
Plans to replace 2031 census in England and Wales set to be abandoned after backlash Experts warn that scrapping survey in favour of administrative records risked fragmented population data The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025
Safe sex for seagulls? Why bird contraception plan in Worcester may not fly Councillor has reportedly suggested using pills to control gulls, but experts say it may not be ethical or practical The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2024
Sadiq Khan criticised by statistics watchdog over house-building claims The mayor is said to have used phrasing which ‘could be misinterpreted by the average person’ when describing his record on affordable homes Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2024
Sunak slapped down by stats watchdog for claiming to have reduced debt PM may have ‘undermined trust’ with claims about falling debt, says UK Statistics Authority The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023
Sunak challenged by watchdog over claim to have cut public debt Statements by PM may have undermined trust in government’s use of statistics, says regulator The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2023
History to be made as first all-UK space mission agreed for near future Astronauts could be set for the first all-UK space mission in the near future The National (Scotland) · Oct 24, 2023
Daily Mirror · May 27, 2023 Labour slam Rishi Sunak's 'increasing habit' of making false claims to MPs Labour say they’ve identified six occasions where the Prime Minister has made “misleading” remarks to MPs in the Commons - some of which he’s later walked back
The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023 Officials warned over accuracy after Jeremy Hunt tweet on public debt Exclusive: Statistics watchdog speaks to Treasury staff after chancellor conflates fall in debt with a less steep rise than first predicted
The Independent UK · May 10, 2023 Suella Braverman again rebuked by stats watchdog for saying ‘millions of migrants’ could come to UK Home secretary told her use of UN figure does not reflect number of people ‘likely to seek asylum in UK’
The Conversation · May 5, 2023 The Euclid spacecraft will transform how we view the 'dark universe' The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Euclid satellite completed the first part of its long journey into space on May 1 2023, when it arrived in Florida on a boat from Italy. It is scheduled to lift off on a Falcon 9 rocket, built by SpaceX, from Cape Canaveral in early…
The Week · Apr 6, 2023 The cost of housing asylum seekers examined With the UK struggling to process record numbers of asylum seekers arriving on its shores, questions continue to be asked about the cost of the country’s immigration policy.
The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023 Rishi Sunak rebuked by watchdog for false asylum claim PM wrong to claim backlog had halved since Labour government, says UK Statistics Authority
ABC News · Mar 17, 2023 Rolls-Royce to develop nuclear reactor to power UK base on the Moon Rolls-Royce scientists and engineers are developing a nuclear reactor that could be used to power a future base on the Moon.
Evening Standard · Mar 10, 2023 London gin threatened by ‘toxic mix’ of rocketing production costs and alcohol tax The majority of Britain’s small spirit distillers could be forced out of business in the coming year, producers warned on Friday.
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2023 Corks pop for a new space mission London pioneers win funding to turn stoppers into heat shields for rockets
The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022 Tories’ ‘misleading’ £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim condemned by watchdog Tories should not have suggested rollover deals were ‘new’, says UK Statistics Authority
The National (Scotland) · Dec 12, 2022 Tories reprimanded over claim about £800bn post-Brexit trade deals THE official statistics watchdog has reprimanded the Conservatives after the party claimed the UK had secured £800 billion in “new free trade…