Interview: Meet the man who helped create Britain's open data regime

Every year we try to break down public spending using government annual reports and accounts; and each year it just gets harder - with this year's being the most difficult yet. Why?

Most government departments breaching Coalition's own transparency rules

The influential Public Accounts Committee has just published a damning criticism of a key part of the government's transparency agenda: the Whole Government Accounts. Find out why

The latest figures on PFI, national deficit and public sector pension liabilities

A year ago data.gov.uk launched to fanfare and acclaim. Twelve months later, founder Nigel Shadbolt looks at what it's achieved

We thought we were getting everything with the COINS release. In fact we were missing the best part of all: the Whole of Government Accounts

Last week the government released the first part of the massive Coins database. Find out what we know now

New announcement from the Chancellor on the treasury's mega-database