Keeping track of the impact of cuts in public spending is not an easy task. There are no sound statistical sources to consult.

In 2008, the then-Government launched a research project called “Amplifying the voice of Muslim students”

Some tricky footwork by the Government in presenting statistics on sport and on local authority funding has gone unpunished by the regulator.

Tomorrow’s public spending review is likely to be presented by all and sundry as cuts of a savagery not experienced since the Second World War.  

In line with a promise made before the election, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchquer, made available on 4 June the Treasury’s COINS database.