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Government communications frequently disregard evidence, undermining public trust in democracy.

Conclusion
Too frequently, Government communications exhibit a disregard for evidence. This is helpful neither to the Government, in building trust in our democracy and support for policies of the day, nor to citizens who rightly expect to be able to scrutinise the work of Ministers and officials.
Government Response Summary
The OSR accepts the recommendation to further its work on intelligent transparency, stating it has a working group to embed IT principles across government and is developing proposals for a monitoring and reporting approach.
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Government Response
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HM Government Accepted
OSR accepts this recommendation and thanks the Committee for its commendation of our work on intelligent transparency (IT). We agree that this would expand the remit of OSR and would therefore need to be appropriately funded. OSR has an intelligent transparency working group tasked to find ways to promote, and embed, the IT principles across government. We are beginning work to develop proposals for a monitoring and reporting approach for IT across departments.
Source
Committee Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Inquiry Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base
Report Fifth Report - Transforming the UK’s Evidence Base 24 May 2024 HC 197
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Timeline
Recommendation age 2.0 yrs
Report published 24 May 2024