How many people live in Britain? You would think there would be a straightforward answer, but it eludes some of the nation’s brightest statistical minds.
The problem of undercounting has worsened in recent years, largely because of high post-Brexit migration
This week the Office for National Statistics (ONS) projected that our population will grow by some 4.9
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