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Fact check: Government calculations set out three cost estimates for Chagos deal

The measurements vary from simply totalling the agreed estimated payments to calculating the total cost of the 99-year treaty in today’s money.

Evening Standard

‘Share government data to boost economy’, says UK statistics watchdog chief

The UK Statistics Authority’s chair says linking data sets from departments could aid growth and improve services• We need to make data sharing across UK government the rule, not the exception

The Guardian - UK

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

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UK watchdog warns Tories over PM’s ‘£2,000 tax rise’ claim

Rishi Sunak failed during TV debate to make clear how he had calculated Labour’s spending policies, says OSR

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog ends investigation into description of UK economy ‘going gangbusters’

Exclusive: ONS official’s remarks, not intended as comment on overall state of the economy, were later used by Sunak

The Guardian - UK

Garrick Club’s men-only members list reveals roll-call of British establishment

Exclusive: Details made public for first time prompt anger over how many influential figures belong to club that bars women

The Guardian - UK

Are the Tories Indulging In Series of Misleading Claims Including Asylum Backlog Clearance?

The statistical watchdog UK Statistics Authority has intervened in the asylum backlog clearance matter for the second time refuting UK government claims as half truths.

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Statistics watchdog to scrutinise Sunak’s claim the asylum backlog has been ‘cleared’

The UK Statistics Authority said the announcement would be investigated

Evening Standard

Watchdog launches probe into Rishi Sunak’s claim that asylum backlog ‘cleared’

Rishi Sunak’s claim that ministers have “cleared” the asylum backlog is being investigated by the official statistics watchdog after…

The National (Scotland)

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

‘Minor updates’ made to alcohol report following review by statistics watchdog

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

The Independent UK

Four times we were told Scotland's oil was running out

AS the Prime Minister announced hopes to dole out hundreds of new oil and gas exploration licences today, many found themselves asking: “Wasn’t…

The National (Scotland)

Robert Jenrick rebuked by watchdog for false claim over criminals posing as modern slaves

Minister said 71 per cent of foreign national offenders were claiming to be modern slaves

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We know Boris Johnson is a liar but Rishi Sunak promised truth and integrity. Where is it?

The former prime minister set a shameful example, and his colleagues are following it, says journalist and author Peter Oborne

The National (Scotland)

Chancellor pulled up by statistics watchdog for inaccuracy over public debt

JEREMY Hunt has been pulled up by the official statistics watchdog over inaccuracy in his claims about public debt.

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak could face ANOTHER probe - this time over 'misleading' asylum data

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

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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

The Guardian - UK

Statistics watchdog rebukes Sunak over inaccurate asylum backlog figures

Head of UK Statistics Authority says outstanding cases had risen, not halved as PM had claimed

The Independent UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, stats watchdog finds

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

The Guardian - UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says

UK Statistics Authority says PM used inaccurate figures when comparing current backlog with situation under Labour

The Independent UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures in Parliament, stats tsar finds

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

Daily Mirror

Top Tories including Rishi Sunak used misleading immigration figures, watchdog finds

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

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

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