Covid data transparency row deepens as Michael Gove warns hospitals are 88% full

Michael Gove warned today the NHS is nearly 90 per cent full in a bid to prove coronavirus is pushing hospitals to the brink – but he failed to mention that occupancy is lower now than it was last winter Michael Gove warned today the NHS is nearly 90 per cent full, in a bid … Read more

Covid-19 lockdown: Watchdog scolds No10 for lack of transparency

Britain’s statistics watchdog today criticised Number 10 for not being transparent enough with the data it used to justify England’s second lockdown.  The UK Statistics Authority — which has slammed ministers before for overblown claims about their testing capacity — argued that numbers presented to the public have not always been backed up by ‘transparent … Read more

Parents of youngest Manchester bombing victim demand ‘transparency’ from security services

Parents of youngest Manchester bombing victim demand ‘transparency’ from security services to uncover failings as public inquiry into the attack is set to begin MI5 officer set to give evidence meaning parts of inquiry will be held in private Parents of Saffie Roussos fear this means proceedings will lack transparency Saffie, 8, was one of … Read more

Government accused of lack of transparency over Sunak’s Plan for Jobs

Government is accused of ‘corrosive’ lack of transparency as experts say a THIRD of Rishi Sunak’s £30bn deal to save jobs comes from previously planned projects IFS critical of ‘lack of transparency’ from Treasury which is ‘corrosive to trust’  Proposals to be partly funded by spending cuts on previous projects, IFS said   Sunak’s Plan for … Read more