Fancy stats, but the picture remains the sameFor many years now, the Office for National Statistics has been beavering away trying to develop measures of output and productivity in our public services. It hasn't been at all straightforward, as we can see by glancing at the dense array of statistical formulae they have been forced to deploy.So why is it important?Because we've shovelled vast amounts of dosh into these services over the last decade, they now consume well over 20% of our national income, and we need to understand just what we're getting in return. We need to know if we're getting value for money.And why's that so hard to do?Because the output of public services is not subject to valuation in the marketplace. We know precisely what cars and window cleaning services are...
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