Freedom of Information can expose the gap between story and reality. The tough line on assaults on staff but low number reported to police. The money promised that's slow to…

Should the Freedom of Information Act be used to call out councillors who are behind paying their council tax? A Derby councillor, who had previously been revealed to be in…

This is probably the next Freedom of Information scandal. After the Cabinet Office Clearing House caused concerns about requests from journalists being flagged and sensitive releases blocked. And after it…

Cutting waste seems to involve a lot of Freedom of Information requests (I hope FOI officers are cutting potentially wasted time answering the same thing repeatedly with some Section 21…

Freedom of Information classics week. Some stories bear repeating - getting an annual update on school absence fines, reports of missing people, or items smuggled into jails. Others work well…

Freedom of Information could be getting an update in Scotland. MSP Katy Clark has introduced the Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill to the Scottish Parliament. Among the things the…

New body covered by Freedom of Information just dropped. On Sunday (May 25) South Western Railway (SWR) became the first train services to transfer back into public control under new…