A tribunal has approved a last-minute extension allowing Thurrock Council to continue its battle against being forced to reveal details of borrowing and investment activities of around £700m.
The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has won the first half of its battle to force Thurrock Council to disclose details of more than £700m of loans from other councils and the investments they went...
Thirty-two per cent of UK councils’ IT budgets were slashed last year while a further 21% have remained the same, according to analysis by IT consultancy Y Soft.
New laws to make public bodies publish information actively rather than just in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests may be needed, Scotland’s outgoing information commissioner has...
