Welsh MPs publish expenses monthly online
Members of the Welsh assembly are to have their expenses published online every month – in a move which should…
ByFreedom of Information
FoI funding could be cut
The Information Commissioner’s Office has been warned to prepare for a possible cut in funding, which could directly affect Freedom…
ByBig Brother database delay spells good news for journalists
A bill which could have given the Government power to snoop on every phonecall, email and text message made in…
ByScottish FOI Act could be applied to more organisations
Journalists in Scotland could get the chance to file Freedom of Information Act requests to a wider range of bodies.…
ByFOI campaigner: Privacy concerns misplaced on crime map plan
London mayor Boris Johnson’s plan to disclose maps of crimes committed in the capital is being held up by “an…
ByCommons fight to keep expenses secret from journalists cost £170k
Commons Speaker Michael Martin spent £170,000 of taxpayers’ money in a failed bid to see of a Freedom of Information…
ByFreedom of Information bill for Isle of Man
The Isle of Man could get its own Freedom of Information Act. The chief minister, Tony Brown, told the island’s…
ByMP: Publishing expenses receipts could be ‘grubby and salacious’
Conservative MP David MacLean, who last year sponsored a controversial private member’s bill to exempt Parliament from the Freedom of…
By