The final crime figures for 2008 are out now, which allows us to complete our graph for the year and show a continuing decline in the London murder rate starting in early 2005.
The total for the month of December was 8, which is historically tiny. However, you may remember this comment on last month’s statistics [...]
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The following is just one of the findings of a new paper by Andrew Eggers and Jens Hainmueller on political power and wealth:
MPs with at least one (self-)reported outside interest (directorships, consultancies, and work in journalism) attended fewer votes compared to MPs with no outside interests; attendance rates are around 4-6 percentage points lower and [...]
Tags: interests · journalism · statistics
