A decade of Freedom of Information: Despite shortcomings, it’s still a powerful tool for journalists
Ten years after it came into British law the Freedom of Information Act has has prompted some 400,000 FoI requests,…
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The Leveson effect: Sharp increase in police media leak investigations, relations with journalists at ‘all-time low’
HMIC figures show 98 press leak investigations in nine months during the Leveson Inquiry Compares to 302 in five years…
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Times FoI fight to see George Galloway Iraq charity files goes to European court
The Freedom of Information battle between Dominic Kennedy, investigations editor at The Times, and the Charity Commission is being taken…
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Press Gazette appeal to info chief forces BBC to admit three senior journalists were appointed without competition
The BBC has been forced to admit that three high-profile members of editorial staff were appointed without their jobs being…
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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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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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