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Labour seeks inquiry over Boris Johnson flat renovation

Published: 31 Mar 2021

Defence research agency for 'high-risk' projects on cards for UK

Laws to pave way for ‘brainchild’ project of Dominic Cummings – exempt from FoI law and allotted £800m funding

Published: 17 Feb 2021
Freedom of information is a right, but the government is intent on suppressing it

Mary Fitzgerald

Published: 13 Feb 2021

Published: 13 Feb 2021
UK editors call on ministers to protect freedom of information

Published: 8 Feb 2021

Freedom of information requests dogged by delays and obfuscation

Letters: Dr Mike Sheaff and Dr David Lowry detail their long and frustrating battles to get information from government departments

Published: 29 Nov 2020

Published: 29 Nov 2020
'Orwellian' government unit obstructs freedom of information, says report

‘Clearing house’ requires Whitehall departments to send it sensitive requests for vetting

Published: 24 Nov 2020

Official report that said UK was not prepared for pandemic is published

Report on Exercise Cygnus, which in 2016 simulated outbreak of fictitious ‘swan flu’, is finally made public

Published: 22 Oct 2020
Court to rule on UK freedom of information bids from overseas

Cases have been blocked despite guidance saying anyone can make a request

Published: 6 Oct 2020

Infected blood scandal: Treasury refuses to publish key documents

Response to FoI request from victim’s son says disclosure may attract ‘disruptive’ media coverage

Published: 21 Sep 2020

Hongkongers face a Kafkaesque reality as censors outlaw the words of protest

Louisa Lim

Opponents of the national security law have been reduced to holding blank sheets of paper to avoid instant arrest

Published: 5 Jul 2020

Published: 5 Jul 2020

Lying about our history? Now that's something Britain excels at

Ian Cobain

Millions of records about empire, the slave trade and the cold war were hidden or destroyed by the British state, says author Ian Cobain

Published: 18 Jun 2020

Published: 18 Jun 2020

Trust in scientists grows as fake coronavirus news rises, UK poll finds

Poll finds 64% of voters more likely to listen to expert advice as 51% say they have seen fake news about virus

Published: 5 May 2020

Transport secretary promised EasyJet not to levy green taxes

Airline given £600m coronavirus bailout with no strings attached

Published: 30 Apr 2020
Social media no longer tolerates toxic lies? Don't believe a word of it

Nick Cohen

Conspiracy theories put lives at risk. But how much do Google and Facebook care?

Published: 25 Apr 2020

Published: 25 Apr 2020

China is ill, but it goes much deeper than the coronavirus

Ai Weiwei

Mistrust is a contagion the regime is struggling to control, says artist and activist Ai Weiwei

Published: 8 Mar 2020

Published: 8 Mar 2020

Environment and animal rights activists being referred to Prevent programme

Types of ‘concerns’ identified include far-left and anti-Isis extremism, FoI request reveals

Published: 21 Feb 2020

Secrecy is this cowardly government's weapon of choice against public scrutiny

Richard Vize

Whitehall contempt for FOI is one more sign that the foundations of accountability are being stealthily chipped away

Published: 24 Jan 2020

Published: 24 Jan 2020

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