How do the three major political parties plan to improve public trust in official statistics?

Play it straight, urges the President of the Royal Statistical Society in a letter to party leaders in advance of the election.

The new Government data site, www.data.gov.uk, has opened for business.

Professor Bernard Silverman, the current President of the Royal Statistical Society, has been appointed Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office, it was

Unnoticed in the pre-Christmas rush, the UK Statistics Authority has published a report on crime statistics.

The Government is planning a big data giveaway in an attempt to encourage new ventures based on innovative ways of using it.

Figures released today show that the UK economy was still in recession in the third quarter of 2009.

The Statistics User Forum is organising a conference on The Measurement of Progress this Thursday, 19 November. Among the highlights will be presentations on alternative measures of wellbeing, such as those outlined in the Sarkozy Commission that reported in September, and the OECD-led Global Project on Measuring Progress. 

The UK Statistics Authority has turned down the chance of getting involved in the row between the Equalities and Human Rights Commission and the think-tank Civitas.

Calling all Twitter users: Straight Statistics now has a Twitter page.