FOI Friday: Children at risk, data lost in the post, unsolved murders and the not-so-smart motorways

Criminals avoid jail despite dozens of crimes < Get WestLondon Criminals in London are escaping jail sentences for serious crimes, despite dozens of previous convictions for similar offences. A burglar in London was not given a custodial sentence at a court appearance in June 2014, despite 33 previous burglary offences and 58 total previous convictions,

FOI FRIDAY: Booze seized, student homes, £690 a shift at the council and meals worth £150k thrown away

10 good examples of FOI in action from the local, regional and national media: 1. The rise in the number of student homes (Falmouth Packet) A startling statistic emerging from a Freedom of Information request which is then built upon to find out the impact behind said statistic – the recipe for a strong FOI-based

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

Council spies on its own staff Here’s a story you’re unlikely to read in the Hammersmith and Fulham News, the council newspaper which tries oh so hard to look like a proper newspaper. So just as well the Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle is around to dig up little gems like this. Through FOI Friday, I’ve