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FOI and journalists

A version of this article by Maurice Frankel appeared in Press Gazette on 17 December 2004 After a four year delay to allow public authorities to prepare, the Freedom of Information Act finally comes into force on January 1st. It should provide journalists with a valuable tool for looking behind the gloss and spin at […]

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Your new rights to information

A version of this article by the Campaign’s director, Maurice Frankel, appeared in The Guardian on 14 December 2004 On January 1 the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act finally comes into force. The Act gives the public important new rights to the information held by public authorities. Worried about possible changes to your local school

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FOI: ‘to deter malpractice’

A version of this article appeared in the March-April 2004 edition of Free Press journal published by the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. “A government which pursues secret aims, or which operates in greater secrecy than the effective conduct of its proper functions requires, or which turns information services into propaganda agencies, will lose

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Progress magazine article

This article by the Campaign’s director, Maurice Frankel, appeared in the Jan/Feb 2004 edition of Progress, a Labour Magazine By the time of the election, the Freedom of Information Act will be up and running. Will we find government brightly illuminated by the new right to know? Or business as usual, with inconvenient facts easily

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Inside Information

A version of this article appeared in the Feb 2004 edition of Public Service Magazine published by the First Division Association. The final countdown has begun. In 12 months time, the Freedom of Information Act will finally come into full force. Public authorities have already had three years to prepare. How well will they meet

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A window on the mind of No 10

Open Government would have prevented the Iraq war debacle This article by the Campaign’s director, Maurice Frankel, appeared in The Guardian on 29 August 2003. Will the Hutton inquiry lead to more open government – or will ministers find this shot of freedom of information so bitter they will do everything possible to avoid it

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Progress article

A version of this article by the Campaign’s director, Maurice Frankel, appeared in the October/November 2002 edition of ‘Progress’ magazine Only one in ten people trust politicians to “tell the truth when in a tight corner” and only 16 per cent trust governments of any complexion to “put the country’s needs above those of their

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