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Why we need better data to improve the lives of ageing populations

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 13 December 2018 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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UK National Statistician John Pullinger looks at an international initiative, led by the UK, to improve data so that the lives of older people can be better measured.

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My dream: Open Data, Open Dialogue, Open Democracies

Posted by: Zamila Bunglawala, Posted on: 12 December 2018 - Categories: Diversity and inclusion
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Zamila Bunglawala explains the thinking behind a movement to exploit the full potential of data.

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It's all about people, whoever they are

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 14 November 2017 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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National Statistician John Pullinger looks at how the statistical community has responded in the first three years of the five-year strategy for UK statistics, Better Statistics, Better Decisions.

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The PACAC experience

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 12 May 2016 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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UK National Statistician John Pullinger describes the experience of giving oral evidence at a recent hearing of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee - and how civil servants helped him prepare for it.

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2015: the year the data revolution got serious

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 22 December 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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The UK's National Statistician, John Pullinger, looks at a new wave of innovation in government data that could help make life better and easier for us all.

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Effective Big Data use needs collaboration

Posted by: John Pullinger, Posted on: 7 September 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

UK National Statistician John Pullinger says collaboration between civil servants is behind government progress in making smarter use of data. He urges more to enter a competition that encourages the development of data science.

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How the Nudge unit threw light on lighting up

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Posted on: 11 August 2015 - Categories: Better policymaking, Civil Service Leaders
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Jeremy Heywood looks at how the Behavioural Insights Team's latest report highlights a potential solution to the challenge of reducing deaths from smoking.

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Better data, better lives: chairing the UN Statistical Commission

Posted by: John Pullinger and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 12 March 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders

...to improve the way in which we harness data to improve our understanding of the world and help make better decisions in keeping with the theme for the meeting: better...

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How the Civil Service is contributing a stronger economy

Posted by: Sir Nicholas Macpherson and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 20 February 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
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Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury Perusing statistical releases is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my job. And this has been a bumper week for economic...

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