The new Government promised a change: but in the way it is handling statistics, it has so far been a change for the worse.
 

As the Treasury sharpens its knife and goes in search of benefit cuts, researchers at Oxford and London have published an interesting analysis of the effects of welfare on mortality.

According to Ed Balls, the last Government “brushed immigration under the carpet”, failing to acknowledge that it was an issue that worried Labour supporters.

Polly Toynbee claims in her Guardian column today that the cost of the cur

Frank Field MP (pictured) has been asked by the Prime Minister to look into poverty.

David Cameron’s open data policy is intended to make good his promise of government transparency.

Just how likely is it that you – or your teenage son – will be attacked by a stranger in the street?

The BBC’s coverage of the General Election in Wales has triggered an angry response from the Mayor of Caernarfon, Councillor Hywel Roberts.

Of all the magnificent sleights of hand attributed to statistical science, few come close to matching the formula by which NHS funds are allocated to primary care trusts (PCTs).

Meg Hillier MP, Minister for Identity, was right when she said, “Whenever identity cards are mentioned it's always been with the word ‘controversial’.”