Head of ONS Prof Sir Ian Diamond summoned days after review of statistics widened
The head of the Office for National Statistics has been summoned for a grilling by MPs next week amid concerns the UK’s faulty economic data has become “virtually unusable”.
The cross-party Treasury select committee has asked Prof Sir Ian Diamond to appear before it, after the ONS conceded in December that it might not be able to launch a new series to replace the problematic labour force survey (LFS) until 2027.
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Author : Heather Stewart Economics editor