A good petition to sign: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to change the Freedom of Information Act so that the royal house hold and communications between the household and government are no longer exempt” http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/householdfoi/?showall=1 →Read more
In March 2009 the UK Borders Agency effectively shut down their email system because they were too busy to answer enquiries. “We regret that, due to unusually high demand for this service during recent weeks, we are currently unable to provide individual, personalised responses to new enquiries.” More recently HMRC’s Child Benefit email service seems […] →Read more
For many people it is cheaper to call a geographic phone number (it depends on your tarriff). So Government Departments can help citizens and small businesses save money in a recession just be publishing lists of numbers. “The geographical number for the Self Assessment/PAYE DMB 0845 366 7816 telephonenumber is 01506 476 066.” “The geographical […] →Read more
If preferential voting is combined with multi-member constituencies, voters can choose between different official candidates of the same party. This will increase voter choice and improve accountability. Please sign the petition: voter choice once you have done that why not register on STV Action? →Read more
Government Hospitality Advisory Committee for the Purchase of Wine publish a partial list of the wines you paid for. They do point out that: “A demonstration of the level of value for money that the cellar can provide occurred recently over the wines used at the London Summit in April. You may have seen some […] →Read more
“Mr Swain complained to the Commissioner on 18 July 2006. Regrettably, there then followed a period of 22 months’ delay during which, so far as we can tell, the Commissioner took no steps to fulfil his statutory duty under FOIA s50. His investigation only commenced on 16 May 2008. We are not in a position […] →Read more
“The government has also published its response to the consultation on extending the Freedom of Information Act. The government’s response reflects the considerable support for extending the Act. A further consultation will now be undertaken with those proposed for inclusion within the scope of the Act: Academies, the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), the […] →Read more
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The Department for Work and Pensions have no geographic numbers an that means benefit claimants an potential claimants will have to pay more to call them on 0845 numbers. This is especially unfair as a proportion of the calls are likely to relate to errors made by the Department. I do welcome the fact that […] →Read more
“…I am upholding the original decision, and we will not be supplying you with a copy of the full Register. Instead, as you are aware, you will be able to access it via our website. However I fully understand the frustration expressed in your recent email as a result of our handling of your original […] →Read more