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Census 'inadequate' says Westminster

Westminster City Council has hit out at plans for the 2011 census as ‘inadequate’.

Westminster City Council has hit out at plans for the 2011 census as ‘inadequate'.


The borough claims changes made to the system are still not good enough to give an accurate reflection of the population area, which form the figures used to calculate the funding formula of councils.

Westminster suffered a huge finding shortfall following the last census, in which it claims counting body the Office for National Statistics massively underestimated its population.

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