FOI FRIDAY: Wrongly-released prisoners, compo for teachers, police bill for mobile phone records and dodgy measures in the pub

Looking for an FOI idea? Here are 10 which made headlines recently…. 1. Wrongly released prisoners The Liverpool ECHO used FOI to find out how many prisoners had been released from the city’s two prisons by mistake over the last few years. In total, nine were – including several who had been convicted of violent

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

Khyra Ishaq inquiry When Birmingham City Council announced that six social workers involved in the case of Khyra Ishaq – the little girl who starved to death in her own home despite being known to social services – that several of the social workers involved had been sacked, it perhaps hoped it was the end

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

1. Top cops and Big Macs The Edingburgh Evening News reports this week on the results of an FOI request submitted by a member of the public, which asked for copies of credit card expenses submitted by senior police officers in the Borders and Lothian police area – including trips to McDonald’s. A summary of