R is a programming language for statistical analysis and visualisation that I'm taking an interest in for a work project. It's another open source tool that makes us richer. One way it does that is by being used by Steve McIntyre to plot climate data and replicate (or not) the hockey team's research. While researching R, I found R-bloggers, and in particular a post about the use of ...

In the eyes of the EU elite, the greatest impediment to ‘the European project’ is the continued existence of the pesky electorate.

Senior civil servants are to be given special training to help them manage major infrastructure projects such as high-speed rail.

Senior civil servants are being sent to "leadership school" amid concerns they do not have the skills to run major projects like the Olympics, welfare reforms and new high-speed trains.

The Israelis have a major new energy project in the works called High Dam, a reference to Egypt's Aswan High Dam.It involves a 'dam' in the Mediterranean near the Israeli port of Ashdod that will export electricity to Europe via an undersea electricity cable linking Israel to Cyprus and then relayed via a second cable to Greece and the rest of Europe. The electricity will be generat...

The business dealings of former Conservative Party Deputy Chairman and one of its biggest donors, Lord Ashcroft, are back in the news again. As The Observer reports: Fresh revelations have raised a series of questions about the links between the former Conservative deputy chairman Lord Ashcroft and a company responsible for luxury projects across a

           The only area of public spending which was cut overall in the first two years of this government was capital projects. The Coalition inherited large forecast cuts in capital from Labour. They abated the cuts a bit, but carried on with the main thrust of them. It has been a bone of contention

For the uninitiated, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is preparing to stand in the London Assembly elections. Although it claims to be a new project, it clearly represents continuity with previous attempts to create a left of Labour electoral project. This is evidenced by the fact that the London campaign is being organised

For the uninitiated, the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is preparing to stand in the London Assembly elections. Although it claims to be a new project, it clearly represents continuity with previous attempts to create a left of Labour electoral project. This is evidence by the fact that the London campaign is being organised

Belfast City Council announces an investment programme worth £233m over the next three years, £150m of which will go on building projects.