Fewer than five criminal cases were brought against those who aid tax dodgers in 2023-24, down from 16 in 2018-19Prosecutions of the enablers of tax evasion have plummeted by at least 75% in the past five years, with fewer than...
Read MoreFiles deemed sensitive in 144-page manual include those dealing with royal family, the Gurkhas – and UFOsThe Ministry of Defence has revealed its blueprint for censoring official documents under legislation to make...
Read MoreUnions concerned about potential rise in violence, drug abuse and the threat of riots at low-security facilities in England and WalesThe government is considering relaxing the restrictions on inmates who can be sent to open...
Read MorePrevious government spent almost £1m trying to prevent release of documents in 56 legal casesMore than £50,000 of taxpayers’ money was spent on lawyers to try to prevent the release of a safeguarding review...
Read MoreBiographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’Researchers have called for greater transparency from the Foreign Office over the files it holds on the...
Read MoreClaims of refused FOI requests into Duke of York’s business dealings come as controversy over alleged Chinese spy continues Getting information from government departments about the Duke of York’s past business...
Read MoreTory rightwinger may have breached ministerial code as attorney general between 2021 and 2022Suella Braverman forwarded government documents to her private email accounts at least 127 times while serving as attorney general, in...
Read MoreGovernment had objected to report’s publication as it may ‘damage trust of affected communities’The Home Office has been forced to publish a suppressed report on the origins of the Windrush scandal by a...
Read MoreFoI data reveals about three-quarters of people given notices of intent have since been put into asylum systemUK politics – latest updatesMore than 18,000 asylum seekers threatened with being sent to Rwanda are now having...
Read MoreFreedom of information request reveals potential offences include immigration crime, drug offences and fraudUK politics – latest updatesDozens of Home Office staff are under criminal investigation for a range of offences...
Read MoreExclusive: FOI request reveals fears many would sell up if they saw assessment of post-Brexit farming payments schemeGovernment officials have buried an analysis of the financial prospects for some of the most vulnerable farmers...
Read MoreDocuments recording request from monarch to keep secret the will of a relative partly withdrawn from public viewStaff at Britain’s National Archives have censored documents that show how the late Queen Elizabeth II...
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