‘Insidious conspiracy’: Daily Mail front-page warning over public sector campaign to weaken Freedom of Information
The Daily Mail has today devoted four pages to coverage to the Freedom of Information Act, condemning public sector attempts…
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Charities, trade unions and human rights groups join journalists in urging Government not to weaken FoI
Charities, trade unions and human rights groups have joined forces with journalists to urge the Government not to weaken the…
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NHS authorities complain FoI Act leads to financial ‘burden’, ‘misleading’ public and ‘reputational damage’
Public authorities in the NHS have called for fees and reduced time limits to relieve the “burden” of the Freedom…
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Daily Mail’s Paul Dacre makes personal plea to save FoI and stop ‘government by press release’
Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre has issued a personal plea to the Government to back away from “disturbing” plans to…
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Elite UK universities in bid for exemption from Freedom of Information saying: ‘We’re not public bodies’
The UK’s elite universities have asked the Government if they can be exempted from the Freedom of Information Act. The…
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Councils call for FoI fees, lower cost limits, public interest tests and attack ‘lazy journalism’
Local authorities have called for Freedom of Information requests to be subject to fees and are seeking lower cost limits…
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Information Commissioner warns of return to the ‘dark ages’ as Labour’s Tom Watson launches alternative FoI review
The Information Commissioner has described the period before the passing of the Freedom of Information Act as the “dark ages”.…
By Report of Government FoI commission delayed after consultation prompts mountain of responses
The Government commission reviewing the Freedom of Information Act has pushed back publication of its reports after receiving a mountain…
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