Government Statistics Come Under Siege From All Corners

I’m Cécile Daurat, an economics editor in the US. Today with my colleague Molly Smith, we’re looking at challenges faced by government data agencies. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X via @economics.

Government cash cannot fund ferry relaunch

Government transport funding cannot be used to help relaunch a ferry service across the Thames Estuary, a council has been told. The foot ferry between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent stopped operating in March when Kent County Council pulled its funding and the

Manx government website ‘not fit for purpose’

The official website of the Manx government is “not fit for purpose”, the cabinet office minister has said. David Ashford said the site was “a mess” and needed to be targeted as part of the Digital Strategy 2022-2027, which aimed to modernise government services.