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This week's FOI Friday took so long, there's now a new public body subject to the Freedom of Information Act. Services run by Greater Anglia are the latest to transfer into public ownership (as of Sunday (October 12)). Which means it joins the growing list of rail operators you can make FOI requests about trains

How many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves?

How many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves?

Greater Anglia's rail services will become the third to enter public ownership on Sunday 12 October 2025.

As a public authority, Greater Anglia is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

How many complaints have UK libraries had about books and are they responding by removing titles from their shelves?

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

Usually getting an FOI answered, particularly from central government, can feel like an uphill struggle. But sometimes the opposite happens...

An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

A police body criticised for how it was applying Freedom of Information law has decided not to clean up its act. The National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC) central referral unit (CRU) first attracted attention for advising police forces not to reveal information on topics including the use of banned surveillance software and the spread of

Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care