Journalists and campaign organisations have been excluded from a Freedom of Information group set up by the Cabinet Office, openDemocracy can reveal.
A new ‘information rights user group’ founded by the government to look at transparency failures, including those exposed by openDemocracy, met for the first time last week.
But the Cabinet Office has come under fire over its failure to invite those who use Freedom of Information (FOI) on a daily basis, such as journalists and pressure groups. It has also been criticised for a lack of transparency around the group’s membership and the topics discussed at its first meeting.
