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…
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,…
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…
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…
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has a new strategy on Freedom of Information among other things. ICO25, which launched this morning, sets out what the ICO is hoping to achieve…
#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…
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…