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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 5/8/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Public bodies are struggling with rising costs and increasing pressures (and Covid backlogs as well), and some, such as the NHS, already have staff shortages. One story this week stemmed…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 29/7/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Freedom of Information requests can be a great way to get more detail. This week's FOI ideas round-up looks at localising crime rates, breaking down offending by age and gender,…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 22/7/22 – #FOIFriday

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You can't FOI the Queen, but there's plenty of other public bodies you can send freedom of information requests to in search of stories. You could even try using it…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 15/7/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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Why were people evicted from social housing, how old are hate crime victims, and what were parking tickets given out for - this week's Freedom of Information ideas highlight the…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 8/7/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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#FOIFriday this week covers the use of keyword search in crime data, to find out which online services people are reporting crimes in relation to, the fallout from the pandemic…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 1/7/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:January 6, 2024
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A not on a Friday #FOIFriday. This week looks at several Freedom of Information requests that use the Act to follow upon policy and new legislation to see how things…

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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 24/6/22 – #FOIFriday

  • Post last modified:February 20, 2024
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The ongoing impact of the pandemic and the cost of living crisis are both likely to be issues where Freedom of Information requests will be able to unearth more detail…

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