Heather Brooke on FoI: ‘Everything is stacked against getting to the facts legally’
Freelance journalist Heather Brooke has published a book chronicling her Freedom of Information Act battles, which most famously include her…
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Newspaper FOI request reveals 200 Bristol pensioners arrested in two years
File this under amusing but not vital use of local journalist’s time. The Bristol Evening Post reported the results of…
ByFreelance journalist uses Data Protection to uncover police dossier on himself
A freelance journalist has used the Data Protection Act to discover the extent to which police have been keeping him…
ByShadow justice secretary to speak at Society of Editors Conference
Shadow justice secretary, Dominic Grieve, has been confirmed as a speaker at the Society of Editors conference later this year.
ByAP image of a dying US marine causes outcry
International news agency, the Associated Press, has been criticised for publishing a picture of a dying US marine. The picture,…
ByFoI requests cost the BBC £3m
Freedom of Information requests have cost the BBC £3m to answer since the FoI Act was introduced in 2005. An…
ByMixed response from FoI campaigner to Brown reforms
The Campaign for Freedom of Information has welcomed some of Gordon Brown’s proposed changes to parliamentary transparency, including the cutting…
ByCampaigner Heather Brooke launches MP expenses petition
Freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke has launched a campaign to get MPs’ expense receipts published immediately. Brooke, who has…
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