Feature / A year after Partygate, why is the government still being so secretive? A year after the news broke about Partygate, the Cabinet Office is still refusing openDemocracy’s FOI requests on key evidence By Jenna Corderoy / 11 Jan 2023
Feature / What we discovered via Freedom of Information this year From secret government units to the failings of the Met Police, here’s what openDemocracy revealed via FOI in 2022 By Jenna Corderoy / 29 Dec 2022
News / Pro-Israel lobby group is biggest donor of free overseas trips to MPs Exclusive: Conservative Friends of Israel funded 155 trips in a decade, more than any other group or government By Jenna Corderoy and Martin Williams / 12 Dec 2022
News / Ministers take openDemocracy to court to avoid handing over secret Covid review The Department of Health and Social Care has appealed to a tribunal to avoid having to hand over the documents By Jenna Corderoy / 7 Dec 2022
News / ‘Farcical’ government refuses to publish Hancock’s official pandemic diaries Former health secretary has published memoirs as a book – but department of health won’t hand over his official diary By Jenna Corderoy and Ruby Lott-Lavigna / 7 Dec 2022
News / Revealed: Qatar has spent £440,000 hosting British MPs since 2012 openDemocracy analysis reveals extent of Qatar’s charm offensive in the decade leading up to the World Cup By Jenna Corderoy / 18 Nov 2022
News / Government loses 18-month fight to keep ‘Covid lessons learnt’ review secret Department of Health and Social Care officials battled openDemocracy to avoid releasing the internal document By Jenna Corderoy / 8 Nov 2022
News / Tory MP facing suspension after openDemocracy reveals lobbying scandal Andrew Bridgen failed to declare his interests when lobbying on behalf of UK timber company Mere Plantations By Jenna Corderoy / 3 Nov 2022
News / Government given formal warning over personal data failures Information Commissioner’s Office reprimanded seven organisations for causing people ‘significant distress’ By Jenna Corderoy / 28 Sep 2022
News / UK government department reprimanded over handling of freedom of information Information commissioner warns other public authorities to 'take note' after issuing first enforcement notice in seven years By Jenna Corderoy / 8 Sep 2022
News / Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit to be disbanded after openDemocracy revelations ‘Clearing House’ axed two years after we revealed controversial unit was vetting Freedom of Information requests By Jenna Corderoy / 25 Aug 2022
News / Revealed: Why government tried to shield £800m research agency from scrutiny Government forced to release discussions after information rights watchdog rules in openDemocracy’s favour By Jenna Corderoy / 22 Jul 2022
