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9 times public authorities refused to answer questions

openDemocracy is leading more than 100 journalists and MPs in calling for the Freedom of Information Act to be protected. Here’s why

By Jenna Corderoy
9 times public authorities refused to answer questions
The government has repeatedly refused to answer questions on partygate
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Freedom of Information is a vital legal tool for holding the government to account – but many departments have stopped playing by the rules.

The ICO, the UK information rights watchdog, is in charge of investigating compliance problems and taking enforcement action. And it is failing.

More than 100 journalists, MPs, campaigners and academics have signed openDemocracy’s letter to the ICO’s new commissioner, John Edwards, urging him to take strong and transparent action against departments that repeatedly break the rules.

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