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…

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.…

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…

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…

There are some public bodies you can send an FOI to but you might not realise you can. Possibly because you wouldn’t think they were public bodies. In recent years,…

While this (mostly) weekly series is aimed at giving you inspiration for Freedom of Information requests you could send to, hopefully, generate some interesting stories, this is a reminder that…