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Statistically Speaking is the Office for National Statistics' regular monthly podcast, offering in-depth interviews on the latest hot topics in the world of data, taking a peek behind the sc...

Miles and guests unpack how the ONS is collecting the prices from more than a billion supermarket checkout and online sales to measure UK in...

Late last summer, Darren Tierney stepped into the newly created role of Permanent Secretary at a pivotal moment for the organisation. In a n...

In "Crime: Numbers, Narratives and Nuance" our host Miles Fletcher speaks with Nick Stripe , Joint Head of Crime Statistics at the ONS and J...

With migration continuing to make headlines in the media, we unpack what actually defines a "migrant ", and how the UK's largest producer of...

In this episode we explore how the ONS measures our natural environment and the green economy . Relevant datasets: ONS Environmental Account...

With the public release of large language models like Chat GPT putting Artificial Intelligence (AI) firmly on our radar, this episode explor...

The ONS podcast return s, this time looking at the importance of communicating uncertainty in statistics . Joining host Miles Fletcher to di...

In this episode Miles is joined by t he National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, to reflect on what has been a busy and transformative year a...

The ONS led the way informing the UK response to the Coronavirus pandemic. But what lessons can be learned and how can we best prepare not o...

In this episode we talk about the growth of data use in the media and the potential impact of misinformation on the public's trust in offici...

In this episode, w e explore ONS's work with other countries to raise the world's statistical capabilities. Transcript MILES FLETCHER Hello...

In this episode we chat to members of the ONS Social Survey Collection Division about the importance, and challenges, of getting the general...

In this episode we discuss how the ONS has been working to transform the way we count the population, using new datasets to give more accura...

In this episode of Statistically Speaking we shine the spotlight on local data and look at how good statistics for small areas make for bett...

In this episode, we focus on a powerful example of when the numbers alone are simply not enough. The most recent Census has told us how many...

With news headlines proclaiming the UK has ' narrowly avoided a recession ' , we decode the 'r' word and explain why this sometimes misleadi...

Miles explores how data linking can help tackle cross-cutting issues in an increasingly uncertain world, and how the ONS' new Integrated Dat...

National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, joins Miles in a slightly festive episode of Statistically Speaking , to look back on some of the hi...

Miles is joined by colleagues from the Health and Life Events team to explore how data is good for our health. Within the diagnosis: the Hea...

In this episode of Statistically Speaking Miles is helped with his enquiries by Meghan Elkin and Billy Gazard from the Office for National S...

In this episode Miles is joined by Professor Luciano Floridi of Oxford University; Simon Whitworth of the UK Statistics Authority; and Pete...

David Freeman and Nicola White join Miles to discuss how the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tracks employment and pay across the UK. T...

In this episode Miles is joined by Dr James Tucker and Sarah Caul MBE to talk about how and why the Office for National Statistics count bir...

Our topic this time, and it's a big one, is the economy. The science of measuring rapid change in a complex, globalised and now increasingly...

I n the third episode of Statistically Speaking we talk to Professor Sir Ian Diamond, the UK's National Statistician, and Dr Louisa Nolan, C...

Since 1801 the UK has undertaken the mammoth task of counting its entire population, transforming over the years to uncover a wealth of info...

Since April 2020, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey has provided vital weekly snapshots of the level of SARS-CoV-2 virus circulati...

Statistically Speaking is the Office for National Statistics' regular monthly podcast, offering in-depth interviews on the latest hot topics...