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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 10/1/2025 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 10/1/2025 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 10, 2025
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After an 18 month FOI dispute, we finally have the official reasons Boris Johnson provided with his resignation honours list for giving peerages to Charlotte Owen and Ross Kempsell (after…

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Read more about the article How to make your first graph in Flourish

How to make your first graph in Flourish

  • Post last modified:January 3, 2025
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Want to start creating your own data visualisations? Flourish is a great (mostly) free tool for turning your datasets into great looking graphs and charts. It's pretty simple to get…

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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 3/1/2025 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 3/1/2025 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 3, 2025
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The FOI Act turned 20 on Wednesday (January 1). As is traditional at this time of year, we'll be marking it with a bumper round up of FOI stories that…

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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 20/12/2024 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 20/12/2024 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:December 20, 2024
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It's a bit good news/bad news FOI-wise this week. Martin Rosenbaum scored a tribunal victory. It ordered the release of the secret citations former prime minister Boris Johnson sent to…

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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/12/2024 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/12/2024 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:December 6, 2024
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Nobody fights a three-year FOI battle for the clicks. A couple of weeks ago, FOI Friday covered the Romford Recorder's battle to get a report into a dossier of racism…

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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 29/11/2024 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 29/11/2024 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:November 29, 2024
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Don't make FOI officers dig through your cat memes to get to the information related to the FOI request. Speaking at Holyrood’s Freedom of Information 2024 event at Verity House…

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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 22/11/2024 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 22/11/2024 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:November 22, 2024
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Good news, the Harry Kane statue has finally found a home. After five years in storage, it was unveiled by the player himself in Waltham Forest this week. FOI plays…

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