Regional daily The Mail wins 18-month battle to grab report withheld by nursing bosses after baby deaths
A regional daily newspaper has won an 18-month battle to access a report withheld from the public by nursing bosses…
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Figures reveal Scottish Government more likely to reject journalists’ FoI requests
Freedom of Information (FoI) requests from journalists to the Scottish Government are being refused at a higher rate than those…
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Comment: Don’t confuse Freedom of Information requests with investigative journalism
Something has been niggling away at me recently about the working practices of many, many of my friends in the…
By Government is more secretive under Theresa May with Department for Exiting EU least likely to answer FoI requests
The Government is becoming more secretive under Theresa May, according to research into Freedom of Information Act responses. The number…
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Appeal launched by Kent Messenger after MoJ says names of escaped convicts ‘sensitive information’
A local newspaper group is to appeal to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the refusal by the Ministry of Justice…
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Police informed after BBC news presenters were sent human excrement in the post
BBC News presenters, including Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce, have been sent packages containing human excrement, a Freedom of Information…
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Five months after FoI question, BBC still hasn’t revealed number of staff made redundant then rehired
The BBC has failed to answer a Press Gazette Freedom of Information request asking about the rehiring of staff who…
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Public support extension of FoI to cover companies carrying out public sector work
The majority of the British public would like to see Freedom of Information laws strengthened to include companies providing public…
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