Summary
WHITEHALL'S official statistics department will be given independence from the government by Gordon Brown to end accusations that the figures have been massaged for political convenience.
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have long called for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to be independent - and yesterday the Chancellor announced that it would be so.See the full content of this document
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Number's Up for Official Statistics
Mr Brown said he was "taking government out of areas where it ...
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