Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 6/1/2023 – #FOIFriday
Happy New Year! And happy new FOI requests. Now is as good a time as any to send some off requests - NHS pressures and social care seem like areas…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 16/12/22 – #FOIFriday
This week’s freedom of information stories continue to highlight the pressure public services are under - such as cancelled hospital appointments, council tax debt, and homeless families. Homeless children As…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 9/12/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 2/12/22 – #FOIFriday
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.…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 25/11/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 18/11/22 – #FOIFriday
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…
Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 11/11/22 – #FOIFriday
There are some public bodies you can send a Freedom of Information request to but you might not realise you can. Possibly because you wouldn’t think they were public bodies.…