Information Commissioner rules on MPs’ expenses
The Information Commissioner has ordered the House of Commons to release detailed breakdowns of MPs’ expenses. Richard Thomas has ruled…
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Alan Johnston to address Threats to Media Freedom conference
Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston is among the speakers at a conference called New Threats to Media Freedom – How…
ByInformation Commissioner rejects two complaints… about his own office
The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has rejected two Freedom of Information Act complaints about request about his own staff, as…
ByOur chance to extend Freedom of Information
Three years after the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act, journalists have been given their first chance to say…
ByWeekend roundup: BBC vs. ITV, DC Thomson results, and Asbos in Camden
In the Observer, Peter Preston wondered why the press got the story of the New Hampshire primary so badly wrong.…
ByPolice reveals ‘press lines’ to journalists — but not to others
The Metropolitan Police has released a background briefing containing its “press lines” on the case of a woman who lay…
ByRepublishing expired ASBOs under FOI is ‘unfair’ Information Tribunal rules
Journalists may no longer be able to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain lists of people subject to…
ByRepublishing expired ASBOs under FOI is ‘unfair’, Tribunal rules
Journalists may no longer be able to use the Freedom of Information Act to obtain lists of people subject to…
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