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Decreased FOI compliance risks UK ‘evolving into propaganda regime’ – report warns
“This situation has the alarming potential to evolve into a propaganda regime over time, requiring urgent attention.”
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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".