"500,000 more in work." "420,000 more in work." "More people in work now,than before the pandemic began." Boris hass made these statements several times in Parliament. Actually employment is 600,000 lower than before the pandemic began. The Prime Minister is not using the official data, he's using PAYE data which is experimental and not accurate. PAYE data does not take the self-employed into account.
"We've been cutting crime by 14%." The Prime Minister has stated this at least twice in Parliament. Not true it is up by 14%. The Prime Minister is ignoring fraud and computer based crime. Fraud and computer missuse have gone up dramatically.
The Prime Minister has been told on a number of occasions by officials that these statements are untrue but he continues to repeat them. There's not much than can be done if he continues to repeat these untruths. Although parliamentary rules state that ministers must correct mis-information if they become aware that they have made misleading statements to Parliament, and the Speaker is aware of the above information, there is no proper process to enforce the rules.
There are obvious electoral advantages to the Tories in perpetuating these lies.
All this information from the excellent More or Less. Click the pic for the link.
I'd recommend Tim's other programmes and podcasts and his books, all good stuff, cutting to the truth of the meaning of numbers.
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