Budget democracy not new in Brazil

The UK government is proposing to give people more influence over the way local council budgets in England are spent – an idea that has been around for some time in Brazil.
The best known example of this is in Porto Alegre, the capital of the state of Rio Grande Do Sul, and a city [...]

BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Lions in NZ | Woodward’s woe

Sir Clive Woodward has failed in his bid to guide the Lions to only their second-ever Test series win in New Zealand after defeat by the All Blacks in Saturday's second Test.
The hosts followed up their comprehensive 21-3 win in a torrential downpour in the first Test with a dazzling 48-18 victory in the [...]

How to help users help themselves

Internet law professor Michael Geist describes how governments can help their citizens make the most of the web.
Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the year was mocked by critics as a poor choice that by-passed [...]