News / Government ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and critics Exclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit By Jenna Corderoy / 1 Feb 2023
Feature / A year after Partygate, why is the government still being so secretive? A year after the news broke about Partygate, the Cabinet Office is still refusing openDemocracy’s FOI requests on key evidence By Jenna Corderoy / 11 Jan 2023
Feature / What we discovered via Freedom of Information this year From secret government units to the failings of the Met Police, here’s what openDemocracy revealed via FOI in 2022 By Jenna Corderoy / 29 Dec 2022
News / Ministers take openDemocracy to court to avoid handing over secret Covid review The Department of Health and Social Care has appealed to a tribunal to avoid having to hand over the documents By Jenna Corderoy / 7 Dec 2022
News / ‘Farcical’ government refuses to publish Hancock’s official pandemic diaries Former health secretary has published memoirs as a book – but department of health won’t hand over his official diary By Jenna Corderoy and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 7 Dec 2022
Investigation / Revealed: Airlines want £2bn handout to cover cost of ‘green’ fuel Virgin Atlantic, BA and EasyJet blasted over ‘outrageous’ request for taxpayers to subsidise their passengers By Ben Webster / 15 Nov 2022
News / Government loses 18-month fight to keep ‘Covid lessons learnt’ review secret Department of Health and Social Care officials battled openDemocracy to avoid releasing the internal document By Jenna Corderoy / 8 Nov 2022
News / Government given formal warning over personal data failures Information Commissioner’s Office reprimanded seven organisations for causing people ‘significant distress’ By Jenna Corderoy / 28 Sep 2022
News / Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit to be disbanded after openDemocracy revelations ‘Clearing House’ axed two years after we revealed controversial unit was vetting Freedom of Information requests By Jenna Corderoy / 25 Aug 2022
News / Met Police pays out £1.2m over discrimination claims Exclusive: Police force accused of a ‘culture of cover-up’ as officers are gagged from speaking out By Martin Williams and finlay johnston / 23 Aug 2022
News / Truss and Sunak’s teams had worst transparency records in Whitehall Revealed: Tory leadership hopefuls both led teams with an 'awful' record for Freedom of Information By Lucas Amin and Martin Williams / 17 Aug 2022
News / Revealed: Why government tried to shield £800m research agency from scrutiny Government forced to release discussions after information rights watchdog rules in openDemocracy’s favour By Jenna Corderoy / 22 Jul 2022
