really we should all move to Fife

The impact of austerity policies on UK health (inequalities) is brilliantly laid out in the new book by David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social, showing how all-encompassing the impact of austerity was. As relevant as ever today and I highly highly recommend it.

merci! I probably would not have been aware of it

This is very cool and I could imagine research on within-area accessibilityinequalities. Looking at the data/model they have (whatif.sonycsl.it/15mincity/15...) - I'm not sure everyone would agree going up your road is a 2 minute cycle @meganjames.bsky.social

"À quatre heures de train maximum" - pretty map that highlights well urban densities

Such a good and fun ONS tool on the latest population projections!
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

The government is promising a lot of new housing hoping it will fix the different current crises (affordability, homelessness, etc) — henceforth not addressing the issues directly. A lot of trust in the housing market and how the population navigates within it.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Lack of cars and yet a considerably wider street - or is it a different angle/perspective?

Interesting and ironic contrast in housing dynamics: according to the 2021 Census, under-occupancy of terraces/bungalows was highest in Copeland and in Kensington & Chelsea (83.8%) - where housing was respectively the most and least affordable in the country at the time

This is rude - I was gone 30 seconds

The main source of error is having to infer who is actually a long-term immigrant/emigrant, vs who is coming/leaving but will depart/return soon. They use past behaviours for it, but those are poor predictors in fast-changing contexts

There's nothing hidden in the publication, though you have to go dig for it because it's a mammoth. Data is a combination of border control and tax, with some corrections for populations that don't show up on them.

There are a lot of reasons that stack on top of one another - could ramble about it for hours (I've worked on this specifically). Unreliable and changing data, methodology still being developed at a time when the numbers have increased massively, some unknowns that are out of the ONS's control, etc