Met Police anti-terrorism database holds more than 2,000 records relating to journalists
The Metropolitan Police holds more than 2,000 records relating to journalists and photographers on a confidential anti-extemist database, it has…
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ACPO scuppered Press Gazette FoI requests on police use of RIPA by issuing blanket guidance
ACPO told forces in blanket guidance they should use 'national security' excuse to refuse Press Gazette FoIs ACPO also told…
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BBC remains tight-lipped over recruitment process for 23 senior journalists – citing DPA in FOI rejection
The BBC has rejected a Freedom of Information request for more details about the recruitment of 23 high-profile journalists, citing…
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Head of Civil Service: Caseby’s comments in PG on Guardian and IPSO ‘beyond what I would expect of a civil servant’
The head of the Civil Service has told Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger that Richard Caseby went “beyond what I would…
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Ministry of Justice rejects Daily Mail request to name escaped prisoners – because it would be ‘unfair’
The names of 18 on-the-run killers and other criminals have been withheld because Government officials believe it would be "unfair"…
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Times Supreme Court victory in fight to see Galloway Iraq appeal files could ‘blow open’ Freedom of Information Act
A Supreme Court victory for The Times in its seven-year battle to access secret Charity Commission files about George Galloway’s…
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Supreme Court ruling could give journalists common law right to information outside of FoI
Times investigations editor Dominic Kennedy explains why this judgment could 'blow open' the Freedom of Information Act Media lawyers have…
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Government to consult on Freedom of Information changes later this year
The justice minister Simon Hughes has confirmed that the government will carry out two consultations on the Freedom of Information…
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