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Sue Gray: How ‘partygate’ investigator stonewalled transparency campaign

‘No confidence’ in civil servant after her involvement with Cabinet Office’s ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House, campaigner says

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 11 Jan 2022

Sue Gray: How ‘partygate’ investigator stonewalled transparency campaign

UK’s transparency watchdog has a terrible transparency record of its own

The Information Commissioner’s Office, headed by Elizabeth Denham until last month, is failing to stick to its own rule book

By Jon Baines

/ 3 Dec 2021

UK’s transparency watchdog has a terrible transparency record of its own

Tory minister says transparency laws are ‘malign’

Lord Callanan accused the public of having ‘forms set up on their word processors’ to submit FOI requests ‘with gay abandon’

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 2 Dec 2021

Tory minister says transparency laws are ‘malign’

Cabinet Office’s actions ‘increase suspicion’ about secretive FOI unit, MPs told

The government department refused to allow a probe into its ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House unit in the wake of openDemocracy legal victory

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 26 Nov 2021

Cabinet Office’s actions ‘increase suspicion’ about secretive FOI unit, MPs told

Revealing Johnson’s talks with BP not ‘in public interest’, UK government says

Exclusive: Details of secretive meeting between the PM and the oil giant among crucial climate documents the Cabinet Office refuses to release

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 11 Nov 2021

Revealing Johnson’s talks with BP not ‘in public interest’, UK government says

On transparency, like so much else, the UK government is shifting the goalposts

The government dismissed damning openDemocracy report on FOI as ‘complete nonsense’ – I wasn’t surprised, I’ve seen its efforts to act in secrecy

By Tommy Sheppard

/ 3 Nov 2021

On transparency, like so much else, the UK government is shifting the goalposts

Cabinet Office blocked probe into government secrecy

MPs told that the department is ‘utterly failing’ transparency laws at parliamentary inquiry

By Adam Bychawski

/ 27 Oct 2021

Cabinet Office blocked probe into government secrecy

Tory advisers allowed to ‘approve’ government Freedom of Information replies

Exclusive: Campaigners criticise ‘deeply suspicious’ practice that allows SpAds to vet transparency disclosures

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 26 Oct 2021

Tory advisers allowed to ‘approve’ government Freedom of Information replies

2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

Exclusive: Landmark openDemocracy report exposes depth of the government’s attack on the Freedom of Information Act

By Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin

/ 25 Oct 2021

2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

In the UK, government secrecy is growing. Here's how we fight back

On International Right to Know Day, here’s what openDemocracy has exposed about the threat to Freedom of Information

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 28 Sep 2021

In the UK, government secrecy is growing. Here's how we fight back

MPs condemn UK government's ‘abuse’ of taxpayer money to fight FOIs

Exclusive: Government accused of ‘misusing’ vast sums after openDemocracy revealed half a million pounds was spent on legal costs to fight information releases

By Adam Bychawski

/ 23 Sep 2021

MPs condemn UK government's ‘abuse’ of taxpayer money to fight FOIs

UK government spent half a million pounds on lawyers to fight FOI disclosures

Exclusive: Government accused of ‘wasting time and taxpayers’ money’ after spending heavily on legal challenges to prevent Freedom of Information releases

By Jenna Corderoy

/ 21 Sep 2021

UK government spent half a million pounds on lawyers to fight FOI disclosures