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🔴 LIVE: Our reporter @JennaCorderoy is about to give evidence to the @CommonsPACAC as part of its inquiry into the ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House.
You can watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04…
We will bring you all the key updates in this thread 👇
You can watch it here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/04…
We will bring you all the key updates in this thread 👇
This inquiry was launched after we revealed that the Clearing House - a secretive Cabinet Office unit - was accused of ‘blacklisting’ Freedom of Information requests from journalists, campaigners and others
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"The Cabinet Office is fuelling a culture of secrecy," explains @JennaCorderoy.
"It is simply not respecting the law."
When we raised our concerns in our reports #ArtOfDarkness and #AccessDenied, our findings were dismissed
"It is simply not respecting the law."
When we raised our concerns in our reports #ArtOfDarkness and #AccessDenied, our findings were dismissed
🔴A damning report by @openDemocracy called #AccessDenied has revealed the ways in which the UK government has attacked the FOI Act.
"Secrecy is now a signature of Boris Johnson’s rule" the report says.
A 🧵on some of the findings of the report.
"Secrecy is now a signature of Boris Johnson’s rule" the report says.
A 🧵on some of the findings of the report.
#AccessDenied report highlights how transparency in 2020 in terms of FOI disclosure rates by the govt has been the lowest ever. 1/8
@openDemocracy report implicates the Cabinet Office of being even less transparent in comparison to other depts, pointing to how it blocked "requests from MPs about its use of public money to conduct political research" 2/8
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: 2020 was the worst year on record for UK government secrecy.
Just 41% of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to government departments and agencies were granted.
This is the lowest figure since records began in 2005.
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Just 41% of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent to government departments and agencies were granted.
This is the lowest figure since records began in 2005.
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Our new report, #AccessDenied, exposes the extent of the government's attack on FOI.
We found that some departments have far lower FOI disclosure rates than others, with the Foreign Office among the worst offenders, along with the Cabinet Office
We found that some departments have far lower FOI disclosure rates than others, with the Foreign Office among the worst offenders, along with the Cabinet Office
Earlier this year, opinion polling conducted for us found that UK voters are seriously concerned by the government’s secrecy and its failure to answer FOI requests
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