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Jan 25, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, Cabinet Office minister Lord Agnew resigned dramatically in the House of Lords.
This could be the first ministerial resignation explicitly triggered by government data failures.
🧵 on what we learned about data yesterday...
Here’s the moment Lord Agnew actually announces his resignation.
What’s curious is why he says he is "incapable of doing his job properly". This is not a usual reason given for Ministers stepping down.
Nov 23, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Thread on our new briefing: Why HMRC can, and should, publish the names of the UK employers given more than £41 billion of furlough support. centreforpublicdata.org/furlough-suppo…
MPs and journalists are keen to know which employers have been given taxpayers’ money to furlough employees. But HMRC says the law forbids it to do so, because it has a ‘duty of confidentiality’ to companies - see e.g. this written question. theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2020…
