Review ends in victory for HTFP-backed campaign
Freedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Act has become a major tool for journalists seeking to uncover information about how we are governed. On this page you will find an index of the stories we have carried about regional press journalists who have successfully used the Act in pursuit of the public’s right to know.
Weekly wins 19-month FoI battle over coroner complaints
ICO rules county council failed to comply with Act after request from newspaper
Weekly’s FoI ‘outs’ councillors who backed parking charge scheme
Newspaper had pledged to reveal identities after successful campaign to stop scheme
FoI charges would ‘strangle investigations at birth’ says PA boss
Agency editor-in-chief gives evidence to government commission
No need to rewrite FoI Act says Information Commissioner
Official responsible for Act calls for status quo
Six day campaign success hailed as ‘shortest’ in weekly editor’s career
Newspaper threatened to ‘out’ 17 councillors in favour of pay parking
Scrap FoI review, Labour urges Cameron
Government should formally abandon review says deputy leader Watson
Ministers ‘preparing climbdown over changes to FoI laws’
Government fails to submit evidence to its own review
Digital editor blasts council over ‘appalling’ attitude to FoI
Local authority wants right to decide what is ‘lazy journalism’
Dacre weighs in on campaign to save FoI Act as councils call for charges
Proposal is against mood of the times says Mail editor
Censorship costs should be grounds for refusing FoI requests says watchdog
Cost of redaction could be factor in whether requests are approved
Daily editors throw weight behind FoI campaign
Further voices added to bid to save legislation from being weakened
Journalism academics warn of new era of ‘official secrecy’
Leading training college backs HandsOffFoI campaign
Commission on FoI receives 30,000 responses
Society of Editors requests chance to give oral evidence
FoI Act should be extended not watered-down say editors
Industry body submits evidence to Government commission
