This week's FOIs include bailiffs calling councils rather than council taxpayers, teens stuck in swings, and tea and coffee at council meetings. Yes, it's an FOI Friday on a Friday…
This week's potential FOI ideas include the rising cost of energy for public bodies, the impact of the rising cost of fuel on crime, and NHS pressures. While the last…
Thursday (May 5) is local election day, and the classic way of displaying results is in a map, coloured in to show which party won which ward. These are relatively…
Freedom of Information requests can be a great way to hold public bodies to account - where a lack of information may make tackling crime harder or where action doesn't…
This week's Freedom of Information ideas round-up is a bit truncated (as it's a sunny bank holiday, and who has time to be sending FOIs on those!) Long waits Patients…
The second edition of Getting Started with Data Journalism has just launched and over the next few weeks I'm going to be bringing you some beginners' guides to data journalism…
This week's potential Freedom of Information ideas include a look into child neglect cases, the potential impact of the pandemic on mental health, and the cost (and effectiveness) of Covid…