In my experience, politicians find new ways to massage the numbers but the civil service keeps collecting the old ones. But, I live in quite a democratic countr

In my experience, politicians find new ways to massage the numbers but the civil service keeps collecting the old ones. But, I live in quite a democratic country: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/22/britain-measures-child-poverty-lords-life-chance-government https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/22/britai... https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/26/uk-government-forced-to-retain-household-income-as-measure-of-child-poverty https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/26/uk-governmen...