Chris Grayling
Another balls-up by Calamity Chris!
Gaffe-prone work and pensions minister Chris Grayling has made another stunning statistical screw-up - over-estimating the proportion of London households in which no one has ever worked by a factor of more than 3:1.
Some genuine good news from today’s employment stats
Today’s labour market statistics reveal an employment recovery that is picking up, but remains very weak – though there is some genuine good news in today’s results.
Tories change tune on prisons and “extent” of crime
Justice secretary Ken Clarke hinted at a possible Conservative u-turn on prisons policy this morning, and said fear of crime was out of kilter with the "extent" of crime.
Grayling’s use of crime stats attacked by fact checkers
Chris Grayling said again today that violent crime has gone up under Labour. Two independent factcheck websites have undermined his claims.
Tories still refusing to admit crime is down
David Cameron yesterday echoed his discredited shadow home secretary Chris Grayling in refusing to accept crime was falling.
Grayling fails to welcome fall in violent crime
The latest British Crime Survey shows a 7% fall in crime between 2008 and 2009, with police recorded crime showing a 3% fall in violent crime.