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How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark

Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment

Will higher taxes stifle UK job creation? Will employers still hire young people if they have to pay a higher minimum wage? Are health problems really shutting nearly 3mn people out of the workforce?

UK ministers need urgent answers to these questions as they press ahead with changes to taxes and benefits, wages and workers’ rights.

But if the Labour government’s policies are undermining the jobs market, it will be hard to tell — because for two years or more, the UK’s official labour force survey has been misfiring.  

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