Could publishing more information cut Freedom of Information requests? Auditors have suggested Torridge District Council improves the information it shares with the public in order to reduce the number of…

FOI Friday is about celebrating FOI successes. So as well as the stories making the news this week, there's also a couple of updates on previous stories. Firstly, the Liverpool…

Some FOI request ideas will potentially work anywhere - just how long have those roadworks driving everyone round the bend actually been going on? Where are you most likely to…

Another weekly round-up of Freedom of Information requests making the news. This week is a combo of classics (never events and nicked bikes) and some requests that dig deeper into…

Information is a broad concept within the Freedom of Information. It can mean numbers or statistics taken from a public body's database. It can be emails, messages and WhatsApps (if…

A quick round-up of Freedom of Information stories this week... Weapons in schools A knuckle duster and nunchucks were among the weapons seized from children in schools across the Avon…

Writing this week’s FOI Friday from the train in the way to OpenDemocracy’s Freedom of Information conference. I’m speaking on a panel about the ICO’s record - I think the…