If ‘the real value of FOI is in the pages of local newspapers’, this week is a bonanza

It's got a wheelie bin roll-out, a parking protest, rats in a pub, and, for once, speed cameras catching no one
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Freedom of Information in the news – week ending 3/10/2025 – #FOIFriday - Words + Numbers

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

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