New guidelines for officials provide handbook for journalists on how to get around FoI delays
Journalists who get frustrated by delays and obstructions when they use the Freedom of Information Act have a valuable new…
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When accessing those mobile phone messages might be legal
Journalists can request information from peoples’ private email accounts and mobile phones following new guidance issued last week. The Information…
ByFT: ‘Michael Gove used private emails which conceal sensitive information’
The Information Commissioner has “raised concerns” about Education Secretary Michael Gove and a number of his closest advisers over their…
ByReport: Murdochs to be questioned under oath, phone-hacking inquiry could be broadcast live
Rupert and James Murdoch are to be questioned under oath at the High Court as part of Lord Justice Leveson’s…
BySwindon advertiser editor quits after four years
Tweet Swindon Advertiser editor Dave King is standing down after four years at the helm of the Wiltshire daily. In…
ByAudio: Treasury refuses to provide budget cost info to journalist
The Treasury press office refused to a provide a journalist figures that show how much worse off families will be…
ByBBC spends £16m in three years on senior manager redundancy payouts
In the past three years the BBC has spent more than £16m making redundancy payments to 115 senior managers, a…
ByJournalists win right to name parents charged over death of child
Two regional journalists have successfully overturned a court order preventing the naming of parents charged with the death of their…
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