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“After the fears about post truth, we’ve now got the truth surge”. So said Rupert McNeil, Civil Service Chief People Officer, to me…

The new Code of Practice will be published next Thursday.

At the VISA innovation centre at Paddington in London, I met this little robot.

To help us meet this challenge we are inviting views on our 2018/19 work programme and are requesting your input through our consultation.

My big problem with my favourite innovation of the year – the Reproducible Analytical Pipeline (RAP) – is this: what should I call it for my end of year blog?

One of the main advantages of applying the Code principles is about enhancing trust by being transparent.

The structure of the Quality pillar is essentially the same as in the draft Code, based around a basic statistics process model: Suitable Data Sources; Sound Methods, and Assured Data Quality.

We partnered with Sense About Science, an independent campaigning charity that challenges the misrepresentation of science and evidence in public life, to meet with nine members of the public.

We received more than 100 formal and informal responses to our Code of Practice consultation.

Innovation should be at the forefront of a statistical system that meets its users’ needs.