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    Chief data reporter

    John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the weekly Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

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    • Friday, 29 September, 2023
      Data PointsUK politics opinion polls
      Poll-driven politics does nobody any favours

      One-dimensional survey questions foster one-dimensional debate

      Five hands from people of different ethnic groups reaching up against a backdrop of a barchart
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      Data PointsGlobal Economy
      Are we destined for a zero-sum future?

      A backdrop of slower economic growth may be shaping attitudes of tomorrow that cut across political divides

      A pie with a US dollar on its face is divided up and two people take slices
    • Friday, 15 September, 2023
      Data PointsResidential property
      Repeat after me: building any new homes reduces housing costs for all

      Building unsubsidised housing pushes down rents and prices while freeing up cheaper properties

      Montage image of a house overlayed with chart lines
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      Data PointsEconomic statistics
      The danger of building strong narratives on weak data

      Hazy statistics have painted too gloomy a picture of Britain, but similar issues affect many countries

      Montage image showing stacks of coins with someone holding a single coin above one stack, with circles dotted around representing chart points
    • Friday, 25 August, 2023
      Data PointsUK infrastructure
      The Nimby tax on Britain and America

      Local objections and protracted reviews mean new infrastructure projects cost far more in the UK and US than elsewhere

      Four people in high-visibility orange construction suits walk along the inside of a huge tunnel frame towards blue and red blobs from a data chart
    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      FIFA World Cup
      ‘It boils down to money’: England and Spain prepare for Women’s World Cup face-off

      The finalists have boosted spending to become magnets for global talent

      Spain’s Salma Paralluelo, left, who scored in the semi-final victory against Sweden, and England’s Ella Toone, who broke the deadlock against the Matildas
    • Friday, 18 August, 2023
      Data PointsConservative Party UK
      The Tories risk driving a wedge between themselves and the electorate

      Rishi Sunak’s campaign on immigration is falling foul of the rules of this tried-and-tested political game

      Montage image of Rishi Sunak and line graphs
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Data PointsUK economy
      Is Britain really as poor as Mississippi?

      The answer says much about the monopolarity of the UK’s economic geography

      FT montage of a 1 pence coin and 1 cent coin with a downward arrow behind them
    • Friday, 28 July, 2023
      Data PointsClimate change
      Everyone loses if net zero becomes the new partisan divide

      Cross-party support for green policies provided one of Britain’s few recent success stories, but this progress is now under threat

      An image of a Ulez sign on a busy road
    • Friday, 21 July, 2023
      Data PointsClimate change
      What we get wrong when we talk about global warming

      We emphasise the wrong numbers in what is a present reality, not a future threat

      A dust storm rolls over Camelback Mountain in the Paradise Valley suburb of Phoenix, Arizona
    • Friday, 14 July, 2023
      Data PointsSocial affairs
      Home ownership in Britain has become a hereditary privilege

      Without realising it, we have chosen to tackle unaffordable housing by widening wealth inequality

      Image of a standalone house with red bar graph lines across the front of it
    • Friday, 7 July, 2023
      Data PointsFrench society
      French riots show how entrenched inequalities have become

      The gulf between immigrants and those born in the country is larger than in almost any other developed nation

      Rear view of a French policeman in riot gear with graph lines showing disparity between immigrant and native-born employment
    • Saturday, 3 June, 2023
      The Weekend Essay
      Cristiano Ronaldo vs Lionel Messi: who was the greatest footballer?

      As their ‘beautiful rivalry’ comes to an end, which of these sporting superstars emerges the winner?

    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      Data PointsUK society
      Britain is not America — and the right shouldn’t forget it

      The US brand of national conservatism fails to resonate in the UK because it is a fundamentally different society

    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Data PointsResidential property
      How England’s flats turned into second-class housing

      Leaseholds and cladding crisis help explain the stagnation in apartment prices

      A high-rise residential block with a blue and a red graph edging upwards
    • Friday, 12 May, 2023
      Data PointsUS gun violence
      Collapsing social trust is driving American gun violence

      Mass shootings and high-powered rifles draw most attention, but the reality of most US firearm deaths lies elsewhere

      FT montage image of a handgun and blue dots
    • Friday, 5 May, 2023
      Data PointsUK immigration
      Progressives are winning the immigration debate — but it doesn’t feel like it

      In the west, increased openness to diversity may be a direct reaction to populism

      FT montage of people of different ethnicities superimposed over a bar chart
    • Monday, 1 May, 2023
      Data PointsNational Health Service
      Pay rises alone will not stem the flow of Britain’s medics

      Stress, burnout and workplace culture are driving the mounting exodus

      Montage image showing two medics and blue and red line graphs
    • Friday, 21 April, 2023
      Data PointsDemographics and population
      London’s parasitical housing market is driving away young families

      Sky-high property costs are forcing thousands to flee the capital, leaving a trail of closed primary schools behind them

      Montage image of house with red and blue lines coming from the left-hand side
    • Friday, 14 April, 2023
      UK employment
      Tell-tale signs that UK slowdown is here to stay

      While other countries have recovered, clues among UK employment figures suggest problems ahead

    • Thursday, 6 April, 2023
      Data PointsMillennials
      Millennials are not as badly off as they think — but success is bittersweet

      Highly educated and with earnings to match, this generation still falls behind boomers in the housing market

    • Friday, 31 March, 2023
      Data PointsDemographics and population
      Why are Americans dying so young?

      US life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity

      Montage image showing lines of a chart going through tombstones
    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
      Data PointsMillennials
      Conservatives win some culture battles, but they are losing the war

      Exploiting wedge issues such as immigration and LGBT rights has cost the right its next generation of voters

    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      Data PointsProperty
      The Anglosphere needs to learn to love apartment living

      Housebuilding rates in English-speaking states have fallen behind the rest of the developed world

      Blck and white photo of an apartment block with two graph lines coming out of a window - the blue one trending higher than the red one
    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Data PointsSocial Media
      Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s mental health

      Evidence of the catastrophic effects of increased screen-time is now overwhelming

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