Treasury select committee chair said ONS lacked intellectual curiosity,was prone to foolish mistakes and was unresponsive to consumer needsAndrew Tyrie, the chairman of the Treasury select committee, and has redoubled his criticism of the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for falling behind its international peers and jeopardising policy decisions with destitute quality data.
Tyrie’s committee heard evidence from Sir Charlie Bean,the former Bank of England deputy governor, as he prepares a report for government into the quality of UK economics statistics.
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Source: theguardian.com