Relight My FOIA

  • A national security risk? Blair’s FOI debates

    For my first blog, we’re digging into the National Archives. Every year, the National Archives released a cache of Cabinet Office papers under the 20-year rule. These disclosures often provide rather entertaining anecdotes from previous governments, such as Alastair Campbell’s brave idea to host a Rangers Celtic Derby in Belfast during the peace process. I

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  • Welcome to Relight My FOIA

    My name is George Greenwood, and I am an investigative reporter at The Times. I specialise in using transparency law to fight for access to the kinds of records that can hold government to account. You can read my reporting on The Times website here. This blog will include occasional thoughts from me on what

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