Gove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for investigation of controversial FOI ‘Clearing House’
Exclusive: Emails show senior police leadership in south London told their officers to turn off COVID app despite safety concerns. Experts warn force is “asking for a big outbreak”.
Exclusive: Housing ministry told local authorities it was 'appropriate' to block Freedom of Information requests that could identify buildings with similar ‘Grenfell’ cladding
Former minister George Freeman failed to seek official approval before giving “commercial advice” to a company producing protective equipment used by the NHS.
Billionaires such as Charles Koch spent a fortune convincing ordinary Americans to doubt everything - they shouldn't be surprised that violence and division has followed
Andrew Bridgen lobbied ministers for “appropriate tax treatment” for a British teak plantation in Ghana – and later declared the firm would pay him £1,000 a month for advice.
Campaigner whose father died of HIV calls secrecy ‘outrageous’; staff in Michael Gove’s Cabinet Office cited Chilcot Inquiry while delaying Freedom of Information requests
Lord Clark calls for inquiry in wake of openDemocracy’s revelations about the secretive unit ‘blacklisting’ journalists and blocking Freedom of Information
Exclusive: Secretive Cabinet Office 'Clearing House' for Freedom of Information requests also accused of “blacklisting” journalists; openDemocracy launching a legal bid for transparency
