Blog Posts
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Wordpress to Antora Conversion
Some notes on converting this website from Wordpress to AsciiDoc and Antora -
So What’s Wrong With Council Spending Data? Part III
A review of council spending data including data scope and category problems -
So What’s Wrong With Council Spending Data? Part II
A review of council spending data including payment amounts and beneficiary names -
So What’s Wrong With Council Spending Data? Part I
A review of council spending data including CSV issues and problems with date formats -
Manchester Redacted
A detailed look at redactions per council across the Greater Manchester Combined Authority -
Greater Manchester Spends : Infographic
An infographic of Greater Manchester Combined Authority spending data for 2019 -
Wigan Spends : A Quick Look at the Data
A detailed review of Wigan Council’s spending data -
Trafford Spends : A Quick Look at the Data
A detailed review of Trafford Council’s spending data, including details of their high redaction rates -
Charity Commission Data Set 1
The Charities Commission makes it’s dataset available in an unusual format -
Cumbria Spends : Infographic
The fourth of a detailed look at spending data from the six Cumbrian Councils. An infographic of the spending data analysed -
Cumbria Spends : Redacted
The third of a detailed look at spending data from the six Cumbrian Councils. Reviewing data redactions across the councils -
Cumbria Spends : Aggregation & Review
The second of a detailed look at spending data from the six Cumbrian Councils. Issues covered include amount, beneficiary, categories, payment dates, organisation directorates and data coverage -
CoHouseLite, GitHub, APIs and getting organised
A review of progress, a mini Companies House dataset, the Proclass category system and the start of a company matching algorithm -
Cumbria Spends : Database Import
The first of a detailed look at spending data from the six Cumbrian Councils. Looking at file formats, character sets, data formats and incorrect data values -
Url Hunting in Lancashire
Some problems locating and downloading spending data files and a score card for the Lancashire Councils -
Next Steps…
A plan for the next few months -
Transparency Code Part 3
A review of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 Part 3 -
Transparency Code Part 2
A review of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 Part 2 -
A quick look at Dec 2019 A&E data
After a family member’s visit to A&E at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester a look at waiting and admission times -
Transparency Code Part 1
A review of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 Part 1 -
Beginnings
My first ever look at local council data and a data breach by Cheshire West and Chester