NEW: 🚨'Cabinet policy obliges ministers to delete WhatsApp messages'
Great report by @Haroon_Siddique in @guardian on our legal victory today & the shocking new evidence we revealed in court
With @Foxglovelegal
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Great report by @Haroon_Siddique in @guardian on our legal victory today & the shocking new evidence we revealed in court
With @Foxglovelegal
theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
What we were able to reveal to today is that it's actually Cabinet Office policy to insist ministers & advisors set their message apps to automatically delete.
The government is literally shredding its records in real time.
The government is literally shredding its records in real time.
We would have *literally no idea* of this secret govt policy if we hadn't brought this case.
The Cabinet Office is an FOI black hole. The only reason we now know about this message deletion policy is because it was forced to reveal it in the course of this legal claim
The Cabinet Office is an FOI black hole. The only reason we now know about this message deletion policy is because it was forced to reveal it in the course of this legal claim
Remember: we have laws that require government officials to keep official government records of government business.
So why on earth is the Cabinet Office insisting they're destroyed? 🧐
This is what we're going to be challenging in court:
So why on earth is the Cabinet Office insisting they're destroyed? 🧐
This is what we're going to be challenging in court:
Transparency is at the heart of our mission. The parliamentary report today made it plain that secrecy had cost lives.
This has to change.
The @guardian quotes our director, Clara Maguire, on why this culture of secrecy must be challenged in court
This has to change.
The @guardian quotes our director, Clara Maguire, on why this culture of secrecy must be challenged in court
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