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May 20, 2008

A million receipts to be released after MPs lose FoI appeal

By Dominic wireposts

MPs are to be forced to publish details of more than a million receipts for shopping bills and other items following last week’s victory for journalists in a Freedom of Information appeal at the High Court.

The Daily Telegraph reports that details of everything from mortgage repayments to food bills will be released to the three journalists who made the original request by 4pm on Friday.

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