Submitted on Friday 30th December 2011
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Enforce a consistent definition of a Billion
The use of billion as a unit is becoming an increasingly common monetary unit. The UK's definition of a billion is the long scale unit - 1 000 000 000 000. However, mass media and government reports frequently substitute the short scale definition for this unit. This makes the usage of billions unnecessarily confusing.
I would like the government to take a consistent approach with its own documents and statements when reporting amounts in billions.
I would also like the government to actively encourage the consistent usage of the unit when values are quoted in GBP within the british mass media.
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