Monthly Archives: February 2011
Details revealed: UK government social research and statistics cuts
Freedom of Information requests have revealed that from four UK government departments, 70 individual research projects and statistical data collections have been cancelled or curtailed since May 2010. Over £8.9 million of research and statistical data collection spend has … Continue reading
Radstats launches Critical Essay Competition 2011
Submit an original essay that addresses a current social research/policy question with critical use & interpretation of relevant data sources (3,000 words max) by 1st July 2011. First prize £ 60, Second prize £ 40 in national book tokens. All … Continue reading
Editorial: ‘The cuts’ (Radical Statistics issue 103)
From Radical Statistics 103, published November 2010. Available online: February 2011. Since they came to power, the Coalition Government has been reshaping official statistics so as to tell a story. Part of that story is how Britain was brought to … Continue reading
Break-up of NHS to hurt poorest households
The NHS currently provides on average about 2,250 pounds of free health services to the poorest 10 percent of UK households (who often have the greatest health needs). Last week’s editorial in the Lancet predicting ‘the catastrophic break up of … Continue reading
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