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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsJudge slams Michael Gove’s office as openDemocracy wins transparency court caseExclusive: UK government accused of ‘profound lack of transparency’ as openDemocracy wins legal victory over...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK government blocked release of companies in ‘VIP’ COVID laneExclusive: Department of Health and Cabinet Office ‘requested’ that National Audit Office withhold details of firms...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsMet Police accused of 'serious failure' over system flagging 'high-risk' FOI requestsExclusive: Campaigners warn of ‘chilling effect’ after police force categorises journalists’ enquiries about BLM and...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsWhy we’re taking the UK government to court to protect Freedom of InformationopenDemocracy is taking legal action over the Cabinet Office’s ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House that vets FOI requests and...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsFreedom of Information in danger of ‘sliding into obsolescence’, new report findsExclusive: New report from transparency charity calls for FOI overhaul, with new regulatory powers given to Parliament
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsUK government must abolish ‘pernicious’ unit blocking FOI requests, says senior ToryDavid Davis said Cabinet Office’s ‘Clearing House’ unit should be scrapped, and criticised ‘political strategy’ of...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionWhy did the government say revealing NHS plans is not in the public interest?The government has denied my Freedom of Information requests. At this rate, we’ll know who is redesigning the NHS...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: FeatureFrom duck houses to nuclear weapons: what we know because of Freedom of Information lawOver the past 20 years, the ‘right to know’ legislation has helped expose many abuses of power, but now it’s under threat
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsBritish government slammed by regulator over ‘unacceptable’ FOI failuresStinging criticism of Gove’s Cabinet Office laid bare in new openDemocracy analysis. Tory MP calls for...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsMPs demand answers from Gove over Freedom of Information concernsSenior Tories to seek answers from Cabinet ministers, after newspaper editors unite behind openDemocracy’s call for...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsFleet Street editors unite to demand ‘urgent’ action on Freedom of InformationGove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationRevealed: Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit blocked infected blood scandal disclosureCampaigner whose father died of HIV calls secrecy ‘outrageous’; staff in Michael Gove’s Cabinet Office cited Chilcot...
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Published in: Freedom of InformationHow the UK government is undermining the Freedom of Information ActFrom delaying tactics and stonewalling to schoolboy errors, the government is making its disdain for transparency laws clear.
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionIs the government’s secretive ‘Clearing House’ lawful? An expert explainsWhen government departments share the names of people making freedom of information requests, they may be breaking...
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Published in: Freedom of InformationPioneering FOI peer calls for investigation into ‘Orwellian’ Cabinet Office unitLord Clark calls for inquiry in wake of openDemocracy’s revelations about the secretive unit ‘blacklisting’...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionI sent FOIs to UK government departments – then they shared my personal dataopenDemocracy reporter Jenna Corderoy on her personal experiences of trying to prise information from an...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationUK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to block release of ‘sensitive’ informationExclusive: Secretive Cabinet Office 'Clearing House' for Freedom of Information requests also accused of...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionCynical British public bodies are denying our FOI rightsFreedom of Information is a powerful tool for citizens - but the UK's legislation needs to be amended to prevent...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Boris Johnson under fire over ‘personal’ meeting with Russian oligarch during COVID-19 pandemicPrime minister met Evgeny Lebedev’s company days after telling the British public to avoid ‘non-essential contact’....
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionVast sums spent, no one knows why: COVID reveals why UK transparency law must changeBritish governments love to outsource. But Freedom of Information doesn’t apply to private companies, so the rest of...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
