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ONS chief Ian Diamond resigns

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The head of the Office for National Statistics has stepped down with immediate effect citing “ongoing health issues”, after the agency came under fire for flaws in key economic indicators. 

Sir Ian Diamond resigned because the health issues meant he was “unable to give the full commitment he would like to drive the organisation forward”, said the UK’s Statistics Authority, which oversees the ONS.

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