Tag: foi

Seminar to explore whether the time is right to change FOI laws

In Brief

Deadline News Journalist - May 25, 2012

THE future of Freedom of Information laws in the UK will be examined when expert speakers from across the UK take part in a...

Number of ‘forced adoptions’ rocket as more children taken into care

Deadline News Journalist - September 12, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE NUMBER of parents having their children taken off them and put up for adoption has rocketed in the last three years. The...

Victory for freedom of information

Deadline News Journalist - July 18, 2010

By Cara Sulieman SCOTTISH ministers have backed down in their bid to stop the country’s information commissioner from accessing their files. Lawyers for the government were...

BBC's Big Bill for Compensation hits £1million

Deadline News Journalist - June 13, 2010

By Michael MacLeod MICROPHONES dropped down toilets and tarmac damage caused by Top Gear are among £1million of insurance claims paid by the BBC in...

Lockerbie bomber won’t let public see his health records

Deadline News Journalist - March 28, 2010

By Cara Sulieman THE LOCKERBIE bomber has banned his health reports from becoming public. After being released with just three months to live last August, Abdelbaset...