Freedom of Information - openDemocracy

openDemocracy loses fight for transparency over controversial donation to fund new research centre at the university

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 23 Jul 2024

As openDemocracy publishes new report on state of FOI, here’s how successive prime ministers have increased secrecy

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 1 Jul 2024

Exclusive: New openDemocracy report reveals public bodies regularly fail to respond to FOI requests before legal deadline

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 27 Jun 2024

Revealed: Party refused to disclose what personal information it has on ex-supporter whose mother was killed in Gaza

By Martin Williams

/ 16 May 2024

Asylum seekers and trafficking victims among individuals hit by failures to provide copies of personal data

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 1 May 2024

Voters will have no idea who has influenced Keir Starmer’s policies, shadow minister told openDemocracy conference

By Ruby Lott-Lavigna

/ 8 Mar 2024

Campaigners say new data shows notorious gun squad officers act as ‘law unto themselves’

By Nandini Naira Archer and Sam Gelder

/ 4 Mar 2024

Evidence seen by the inquiry shows senior Scottish figures reminding each other to delete communications

By James Harrison

/ 23 Jan 2024

Exclusive: Health department admits it would take 18 months to sift all the info it has gathered on Moosa Qureshi

By Tommy Greene

/ 30 Nov 2023

Home Office forced to admit it held no information to support allegation made by then home secretary

By Adam Bychawski and Ramzy Alwakeel

/ 15 Nov 2023

Exclusive: MPs issue warnings over £480m NHS deal amid news ex-spymaster ‘recommended’ Palantir to Cabinet Office

By Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin

/ 4 Sep 2023

openDemocracy investigation uncovers at least 45 cases where disturbing images were taken by officers

By Jenna Corderoy and Anita Mureithi

/ 20 Aug 2023