Weekly paper exposes council's FoI inconsistency
Apology given after resident receives document denied to reporter
Local journalists across the UK are striking blows for press freedom on a daily basis, whether by challenging wrongly-imposed reporting restrictions in court cases, tabling freedom of information requests to public bodies, or generally seeking to uncover information about how we are governed.
On this page you will find an index of all the stories we have carried about regional press newspapers, websites and journalists who have stood up for the public’s right to know.
Apology given after resident receives document denied to reporter
Officials used controversial Act to authorise surveillance
More information to be accessible to journalists and the public
Ruling means council must reveal planned sites for Operation Stack
FoI Act fans can see early days of fight for better information
Contractors and police chiefs would come under Act’s remit
Newspaper reveals extent of criminality among society’s elders
FoI request reveals cheeseboard and champagne purchases
Councillors’ expense claims exposed after legal row
Bodies including ACPO could come under Act’s remit
News agency boss names and shames publicity-shy councils
Naming escaped prisoners could breach privacy rights
Act could be broadened to take in quangos
‘Designer’ ring road development comes under scrunity
Information commissioner raps health trust
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