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Read more about the article Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 13/1/2023 – #FOIFriday

Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 13/1/2023 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:February 2, 2024
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One theme for this week is looking at FOI requests that take other major stories in a new direction. For example, what has happened to the Ukrainian refugees offered homes…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 16/12/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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This week’s freedom of information stories continue to highlight the pressure public services are under - such as cancelled hospital appointments, council tax debt, and homeless families. Homeless children As…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 9/12/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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The Freedom of Information Act came about after a manifesto promise from Labour in the run up to the 1997 election. In its argument for more transparency, the party accused the…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 2/12/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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This week's FOI Friday is a mixture of serious stories highlighting the pressure the NHS is under and looking into the lack of action on police who send offensive messages.…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 25/11/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas #FOI requests in this week's FOIFriday. It may be cutting it a bit fine for sending in your festive questions and getting…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 18/11/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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One in 10 people in the UK has used FOI to try and get information they thought would be useful to themselves, their community or wider society, according to a…

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

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

  • Post last modified:May 30, 2025
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There are some public bodies you can send a Freedom of Information request to but you might not realise you can. Possibly because you wouldn’t think they were public bodies.…

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