State of Britain

Objective data on Britain's public services, economy, and society. Because political debate should start with facts.

[Joe Allen @Joe___Allen]

Cardiff could and should drive up its density (via @state_britain).

[Jack Aspinall @jackaspi]

The UK's infrastructure takes ages to build. @state_britain now has a map with all the NSIPs and their timelines from proposal to construction.

[State of Britain @state_britain]

Added a bunch of data on electricity prices; including this graph which shows we have the most expensive industrial electricity among major economies.

[Jack Aspinall @jackaspi]

https://t.co/tu5rruTwXw

[Jack Aspinall @jackaspi]

https://t.co/ocuXdcP5hs

[State of Britain @state_britain]

@iainmartin1 Salt production capacity has fell 75% since 1970, but has been fairly constant for the last few years. Will be impactful to lose remaining domestic supply.

[Tori Peck @ToriPeck]

Lots of great stuff on @state_britain but particularly striking visualisation of children’s social care crisis.

Avg council now spending double than in 2010 compared to avg 20% rise in looked after children.

Increased spending isn’t delivering improved outcomes.

[Jack Aspinall @jackaspi]

The data on defense procurement is striking.

- £8 bn spent on 8 ships, 114% over budget and 2 years delayed.
- £6.2 bn spent on AJAX tanks, 77% over budget, 9 years late, now paused.
- Only 9% of defense procurement tenders logged as 'competitive'.

[State of Britain @state_britain]

Health care section has been expanded to include outcomes, general practice and funding.

[State of Britain @state_britain]

State of Britain now supports sharing graphs to social media, so you can ask questions like:

"Why do we only make a fifth of the bricks we did in the 70s?"

[State of Britain @state_britain]

NHS waiting lists are now broken down by speciality.

[Jack Aspinall @jackaspi]

https://t.co/mSKeI8KPlt