Brexit amendment to FOIA

FOIMan highlights a new amendment to FOIA resulting from the UK’s planned departure from the European Union. It’s all getting real isn’t it? Aside from all the shenanigans in the Conservative Party this week, we’re …

Caught in limbo

FOIMan finds that the absence of a Northern Ireland government is having unforeseen consequences for FOI applicants. There are no doubt times when many of us think we’d be better off without politicians – you …

It’s about time

FOIMan highlights a change in the final version of the recently revised s.45 code that confuses rather than clarifies FOI deadlines. Last November the Cabinet Office published a draft of a revised s.45 code of …

Keeping a diary (secret)

FOIMan explains that it can be difficult to keep an official’s diary secret under FOI. The Guardian yesterday reported on the outcome of an FOI request that it made to the (then) Department for Communities …