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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

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

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

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'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?

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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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)

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

Daily Mirror

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 Guardian - UK

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’

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The Conversation

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

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

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

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.

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Evening Standard

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

Corks pop for a new space mission

London pioneers win funding to turn stoppers into heat shields for rockets

The Independent UK

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)

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…

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog reprimands Tories over £800bn post-Brexit trade deals claim

Figure includes agreements rolled over from before leaving EU, and description of ‘new trade’ is misleading says UKSA chief

Insider UK

Claim over Scotland’s potential wind power 'was always inflated'

The claim that Scotland has 25% of Europe’s potential offshore wind resources has been repeatedly used

Chronicle Live

North East children at risk of serious illnesses after missing vaccinations, UKHSA warns

The percentage of children in the region receiving their routine vaccinations including the MMR fell last year

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