Freedom of information
Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners denied urgent treatment in England
Most seriously ill inmates left to wait in cells often due to bed shortages at secure hospitals, data shows
Tom Wall
10, May, 2022 @5:00 AM
Radical plans to transform NHS drawn up at drug firms and No 10 roundtable
Exclusive: ideas include reducing trial safeguards and allowing startups to harvest patient data
Ben Quinn and Andrew Gregory
04, May, 2022 @1:00 PM
Immigration officers placed in 25 local authorities by Home Office, FoI reveals
Embedded officials can pass the details of undocumented people to immigration enforcement
Jack Barton and Jamie Grierson
01, May, 2022 @11:08 AM
UK’s transparency laws are being undermined, warn journalists
Letter signed by several MPs urges better enforcement of transparency law, as government accused of obstructing requests
David Pegg
06, Apr, 2022 @11:01 PM
Guardian wins legal challenge over access to employment tribunal papers
Ruling builds on recent judgments enhancing rights of reporters to access documents placed before court
Guardian staff
22, Mar, 2022 @2:18 PM
Damning report reveals details of bullying at helm of Imperial College
President tried to block freedom of information request for report, saying findings were ‘relatively minor’
Ben Quinn
03, Feb, 2022 @6:39 PM
UKHSA considers legal action against privately run Immensa lab
Watchdog refuses FoI request from Good Law Project to give details of audit
Peter Walker Political correspondent
08, Dec, 2021 @6:00 AM
UK officials still blocking Peter Wright’s ‘embarrassing’ Spycatcher files
A documentary-maker has accused the Cabinet Office of defying the 30-year rule in withholding details of the MI5 exposé
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
27, Nov, 2021 @3:18 PM
Private firms working for UK government ‘should be subject to FOI rules’
Information commissioner Elizabeth Denham says existing transparency law is no longer fit for purpose
Jim Waterson
25, Nov, 2021 @7:19 PM
UK legal group warns of information blackout on sewage discharges
Inquiry into more than 2,000 treatment sites prompts calls for transparency from Environment Agency
Sandra Laville
22, Nov, 2021 @10:00 AM
Government ‘unable to locate’ note of Owen Paterson meeting with minister
Admission follows Labour motion seeking to force government to disclose details of call between MP, Lord Bethell and Randox
Jessica Elgot and Rob Evans
17, Nov, 2021 @7:06 PM
Anger over ‘grotesque abuse’ of £600,000 case to keep Mountbatten papers secret
David Owen condemns Cabinet Office’s ‘waste of public money’ in four-year bid to stop part of archive’s release
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
07, Nov, 2021 @11:15 AM
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