Statistics are the most volatile ammunition in the political armory. Replete with charts, tables, and graphs, but written in a highly explanatory and accessible manner, Britain in Numbers: The Essential Statistics delivers just the independent, trustworthy data needed by all who would be properly involved in the political and social landscape of Britain.
Simon Briscoe has been statistics editor of Financial Times since 1999.
Simon Briscoe is Statistics Editor of the Financial Times, and has worked as a civil servant in the Treasury, the Office for National Statistics, and the European Commission in Brussels.