Mugged by Reality: Sadiq Khan Gets Gov’t Fact Check over False Claims of Reducing London Knife Crime
London Mayor Khan suffered an embarrassing fact check from the Office for Statistics Regulation over ‘incorrect’ claims he cut knife crime.
London Mayor Khan suffered an embarrassing fact check from the Office for Statistics Regulation over ‘incorrect’ claims he cut knife crime.
Nearly 60 per cent of the population growth of England and Wales is a result of immigration, official census data has revealed.
Scots will now be able to identify however they like for the 2022 census, regardless of their medical sex status following a legal ruling.
London’s population is set to exceed 10 million for the first time by 2029 with net migration a primary cause, statistics show.
The number of people in the United Kingdom who are working has risen to historic highs in absolute terms, while the linked statistic of unemployment has also fallen to a low not seen in decades. The new release of government
More Britons are in paid work and wages have grown at their highest rate in a decade, according to government figures.
Britain has just suffered its worst winter death toll in 42 years. But what’s more shocking still is that the UK government – claiming to be Conservative, last time I looked – is actually boasting about the disastrous policy which helped kill them.
The UK’s surge in recorded violent and sexual crime, including knife attacks, has accelerated at a faster rate than previously thought over the past year, new police statistics reveal.
An overview of the British population has revealed it is at its highest ever level, with experts claiming it will rise from 65 to 77 million in the next 22 years, largely due to immigration.
The UK population has seen its sharpest annual rise in nearly 70 years, with the nation expected to hit 70 million people and London 10 million residents within a decade, official figures revealed on Thursday.
Immigration to the UK hit 650,000 before the Brexit vote, its highest ever estimated annual level, jumping by 11,000.
Violent crime in England and Wales has shot up by 24 per cent. In the 12 months to June, murder was up 20 per cent, knife crime 9 per cent, and gun crime surged 7 per cent, according to police recorded crime figures.
Net long-term migration into the UK over the past year was more than 327,000, remaining at a near record level. Almost half came from within the European Union (EU) and there was a surge of Bulgarian and Romains before the Brexit vote.
The population of the UK shot up by half a million – 0.8% – in the 12 months of last year. Record levels of immigration were the driving factor, as birth rates and “natural growth” fell. The population of the
The last set of official immigration figures before Britain votes on its membership of the European Union (EU) shows net migration has risen to 333,000 – up 20,000 from December 2014 and the second highest level on record. The numbers,