A long-standing transparency campaign group may be forced to close down after a “serious shortfall” in funding.
The Campaign for Freedom of Information says it needs to raise at least £50,000 from crowdfunding, so that it can continue to fight against “more direct attacks” to the right to access information.
The campaign group, which was set up in 1984, played a key part in helping to persuade Tony Blair’s government to introduce the Freedom of Information Act in 2000. The act granted citizens the right to hold the government to account.
