Department for Education avoided releasing documents under the Freedom of Information Act by citing advice its own expert officials knew to be incorrect

Courtesy of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the good folks at Judicial Watch finally got the expense records and passenger manifests from the United States Air Force related to the June 21-27, 2011, trip taken by First Lady Michelle Obama, her family and her entourage to South Africa and Botswana. The results are absolutely appalling, give America's economic challenges. The Air force pr...

After the education email furore earlier this week, discussions are underway in ministerial offices about private emails: are they subject to the freedom of information act? The answer is probably yes, which may not be what the government wants to hear. But the problems that this will cause are nothing compared to what might happen next, when attention moves on to text messages. Whitehall buzzes w...

The disclosures, made under the Freedom of Information Act, will further fuel claims that some firemen are unfairly fighting budget cuts and are resistant to change.

More than a third of councils increased their workforce during the past two years and in advance of the deep public spending cuts, according to data revealed under the Freedom of Information Act

Judicial Watch has the info after a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request: Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained new documents from the United States Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s repeated use of United States Air Force aircraft. According to the documents, obtained by Judi...

The Tax Payers’ Alliance (TPA) , a right wing think tank, is launching a campaign against the cost of trade union activity within the public sector, based upon data they have collected via Freedom of Information Act requests to each council. The Tax Payers’ Alliance has grown to be an influential right wing lobbying group

The BBC learns that NI Water is being investigated by the Information Commissioner over its compliance with the Freedom of Information Act.

As a result of Freedom of Information Act requests by trade unions  the government has been forced to change its secrecy policy and has today published the list of schools that have expressed an interest in becoming an academy.  There are two lists; one for outstanding schools who can fast-track their academy application to take effect in

I will make no comment and let the content of these recently acquired documents speak for themselves. More will follow. What must be remembered is that there are documents relating to CPZs which the Department for Transport refused to disclose to Lord Lucas under the Freedom of Information Act. Stephen Sauvain QC, mentioned below, also represented Sunderland City Council at my first parking ticket...