‘It’s a huge problem’: what’s gone wrong at the ONS and why does it matter?

The UK’s number-crunching body is still playing catchup over job figures after the pandemic, with validity of survey data being questionedUK economy flatlines, putting pressure on Rachel ReevesThe Office for National Statistics (ONS), with its number-crunchers and crack-of-dawn data dumps, is an unlikely backdrop for turmoil.But in recent months the Newport-based institution has come under repeated attack over questionable jobs figures, which experts have said leave policymakers“flyi