Freedom of Information is political. And not just in the sense that opposition parties are using it on a weekly basis in Scotland (see below). In the US, among other…

A lot of Freedom of Information requests are about local issues. So this week that includes the cost of parking permits, vandalism to school signs, dead game birds and alternative…

A good result to a Freedom of Information battle this week. Channel 4 New's Fact Check has put together a really in-depth look into nurse staffing levels - or the…

We're all about Freedom of Information successes here. Usually getting an FOI answered, particularly from central government, can feel like an uphill struggle. But sometimes the opposite happens... “My jaw…

Good news, bad news FOI-wise this week. On the positive side, Ben Worthy has been looking at the ways in which FOI works. Broadly, it's popular - more than one…

Slightly different this week. While the round-up of FOI stories is the same (see below), this is a chance to get creating them rather than just reading about them. If…

This week, a cultural interlude, with a show about the US Freedom of Information Act - featuring bluegrass music and public records - reaching the UK. And then some FOI…