Better Statistics CIC – Public Meeting

The meeting will be a hybrid event with limited spaces available for in person attendance by invitation, entry will require formal photographic identification.

The format of the meeting will provide plenty of opportunity for public contribution and debate and the following forms the main agenda:

 *see below for short biographies of each speaker

Sir Bernard Jenkin MP will provide a keynote speech on “UK Official Statistics” and the meeting will be chaired by Phyllis MacFarlane, Fellow of the Market Research Society. Tony Dent will provide a short introduction to the campaign for Better Statistics.

Short Speaker Biographies:

Simon Briscoe
Simon is a director of data science start-up t-tab, having previously worked in the civil service, investment banking and at the FT. Among various contributions to our public life he was an adviser to parliament’s Public Administration Committee and a trustee of FullFact.

Sir Vince Cable
Vince was the Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary in the coalition government, he has now retired from politics but retains an active interest in business and economic affairs.

Tony Cox 
Tony is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and chairman of the RPI / CPI user group within the Statistics User Forum on Stats User Net.

Sir John Curtice 
John is Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Social Research; he is also chief commentator on What UK Thinks.

Ms. Vicky Pryce
Vicky is Chief Economic Adviser and a board member at the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). Vicky has held senior positions in business and the Civil service including as partner and chief economist at KPMG and joint head of the UK government economic service.

About Better Statistics
The purpose of Better Statistics CIC is to campaign for more reliable statistics, whether created by private companies or by public bodies. By ‘better statistics’ we mean more trustworthy, useful to more people, of good quality and readily accessible. To achieve our aims we promote public awareness of, and interest in, the production of accurate and relevant statistics.

The November meeting represents our first attempt to engage more people into our campaign. We hope to see you there.