Government’s FOI guidelines breach deemed ‘corrosive to our democracy’ by Labour MP
All FOI requests should be dealt with equally and on an ‘applicant blind’ basis’.
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EXCLUSIVE: Thames Valley Police refuse to reveal cost of policing royal wedding
Campaigners call for transparency after police force claims it doesn’t know how much policing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding will cost taxpayers.
We need a full investigation into PFI hospitals and schools after Grenfell
The Grenfell tragedy exposed the use of deadly construction methods in for-profit buildings. New evidence shows hundreds more public buildings may be at risk
What does the SNP have to hide?
Scotland’s Information Commissioner has warned that complex changes to the way that public services are delivered are harming the public’s ability to access information in the way that they should be able to. Launching her annual report, Rosemary Agnew hastest
Government’s “quantum leap” in transparency takes us in the wrong direction – Oh Boy
Alex Hern reports on the news that civil servants want to gut the FoI act.
What was hiding behind the boat: Information commissioner is investigating Gove
Lisa Nandy writes about Michael Gove and his dodging the question over whether he’s working with the freedom of information act
Coalition’s “transparency trailblazer” Pickles refuses FoI request
The Coalition’s self-appointed champion of governmental transparency, Eric Pickles, has been criticised for failing to release information over potentially defamatory comments made about chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, who his Department of Community and Local Government (DCLG) accused of building her “career on incompetence” and “milking the taxpayer”.