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FOI Friday: Cannabis, university spending, race crimes at the football and asbestos in council buildings

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Unpaid court fines tops £4million – Bedfordshire On Sunday MORE than £4 million in court fines is owed to courts in Bedfordshire, a Freedom of Information request has revealed. The figures, released by Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS), … Continue reading →

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FOI FRIDAY: Asbestos, Facebook, police cells and sham marriages

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: 1. Asbestos found at public buildings – Milford Mercury Asbestos, known as the silent killer, is regularly the subject of health and safety campaigns – so … Continue reading →

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FOI Friday: 10 things we’ve learnt thanks to the Freedom of Information Act this week

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

1. Schooling ‘on the cheap’ Schools are bound by the Freedom of Information Act,  but have 40 days to reply. That can make FOI-ing schools a bit of a challenge, but the results can pay off, as demonstrated by the … Continue reading →

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FOI Friday: 10 things we learnt this week thanks to the Freedom of Information Act

Posted on January 8, 2010 by

Here’s the first FOI Friday round up of 2010. I’ll be posting a round up of the stories which made the papers over the Christmas period in the next couple of days 1. Phone masts You’d think something as controversial … Continue reading →

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