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  1. Rising to the challenge

    One thing that has stood out in the Coronavirus pandemic is how quickly the Government Statistical System (GSS) has responded to the need for data during this time.

  2. The trouble with measuring poverty

    In this blog, Elisa Rohan discusses insights into what data is available to measure poverty and the work being done to improve the future evidence base on poverty.

  3. Think of the children

    Whilst statistically those medically hardest hit by COVID-19 are the older generations, children and young people are having to come to terms with significant, immediate and possibly long term changes to their lives.

  4. What’s in and what’s out

    A lot of business planning focuses on what’s in a strategy or plan. But it can be just as informative to describe what’s left out.

  8. Closing data gaps: understanding the impact of Covid-19 on income

    In recent weeks, you may have spoken with friends and family who’ve seen their income and living standards impacted in some way by COVID-19. They may have been furloughed and are concerned about whether they will have a job to return to or perhaps they have experienced a reduction in business if they are self-employed. […]

  9. What we’ve learned from the Defra Group about user engagement

    Note: this blog post was updated on 27 August 2020. Today we published the findings of our review of user engagement in the statistics producers that make up the Defra Group. The Defra Group produces a large and broad collection of statistics covering many topic areas, including food, farming and the environment, and the statistics […]