Last night I heard a speech by the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser. It was more evidence of the government’s bulging wasteline. Without a reference to the Credit Crunch or the borrowing disaster he told us he was just completing his project of hiring a

Look at the Wikipedia bio of the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor, John Beddington.Here's an excerpt:"On 1st October 2007, it was announced by the Prime Minister that Beddington would succeed Professor Sir David King as the Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government [4] As Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Government, Professor Beddington is responsible for the UK government policy to res...

Labour politicians have been accused of dangerous scaremongering over flu jabs for children, as the government denied claims it had ignored expert scientific advice on protect

Leading economists have questioned the Bank of England's nonchalance over the effect on the economy of huge cuts in public spending planned by the government

If I am correct then Keynes argued for government saving during the good times and spending during the bad. Aside from the effects of government spending (driving out the productive classes and creating greater dependent and parasitic classes), there’s a flaw with this government trying to do it - they have no money. Government spending has

Mervyn King's private letter reveals that Bank of England data show business lending is falling, in conflict with government figures

Evidence is only of use to the mind that is prepared for it. Every time I see the government of Japan (or some other government) spending yet more money, in spite of the failure of all their previous government spending orgies, I am reminded of this. Because, of course, to them there is no such thing as evidence that expanding government spending is not a "good thing", just as there is no such thi...

There are many contenders for the “worst Government IT project” crown, but the CORE (Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors) project is a strong contender. Eight years on from me sitting in a meeting being told it would start appearing that autumn, it is still years away from delivery – and has just been put on

The Government have recently invited Sheffield City Council to bid to join a unique pilot project which would provide all Sheffield primary school children with free school meals. The Free School Meals pilot project would be run jointly between the Government and the Council, between September 2009 and July 2011. The scheme would receive a share of £20m from Government funding. Labour is cal...

Remote sensing and aerial survey specialist Bluesky has been awarded a project by the UK Government's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to create a digital archive of scientific images from the organisation’s Airborne Research and Survey Facility.