Mar 21, 2022
Sir John Curtice, a long-time Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde, is one of Britain’s foremost polling and public opinion experts. In this conversation, Sir John discusses the concept of political trust, why trust in government statistics matters, and relevant polling data on citizen trust in...
Feb 17, 2022
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) is the regulatory monitor and evaluator of official statistics and bears responsibility for the Code of Practice for National Statistics. Importantly, OSR can badge statistics that comply with the Code as “National Statistics.”
This month, Tom Scotto talks to OSR’s...
Jan 21, 2022
This month, Tom Scotto talks to Dr Alex Fenton, a postdoctoral researcher at Humboldt University in Berlin, who takes a critical look at how official government statistics are calculated.
Alex is the author of the recent book: Official Statistics and the Welfare State: Measuring Poverty in Britain and West Germany...
Dec 10, 2021
In this month’s episode, Professor Tom Scotto speaks to Roger Halliday, Scotland’s Chief Statistician about steps in place to protect the Government Statistical Service from politicalisation and the future of National Statistics. They also gaze out into the 2020s and discuss government statistics in an era of...
Nov 11, 2021
The Code of Practice for Statistics now is in its second version and sets standards for UK national and other statistics. In this podcast, Tom Scotto talks to Sandy Stewart, a government statistician in the Scottish Government’s Office of the Chief Economic Advisor about how the code is a tool is part of...