Topic: | Government wants to charge for Freedom of Information requests | |
Posted by: | Iris Hill | |
Date/Time: | 17/09/15 19:41:00 |
From 38 Degrees The government has a plan that’ll make it harder for us to find out what they’re really up to. They want to introduce fees - of up to £600! - for people who use Freedom of Information laws to find out the truth about what they’re doing. But we’ve got 24 hours to have our say and knock these plans out of the water. The government has been forced to hold a public consultation on their cover-up plan. They’re trying to keep this under the radar, and aren’t expecting many responses. So if thousands of us feed in, we could overwhelm their consultation and topple these plans to make government information harder to get hold of. Please could you take a few minutes to join the 10,029 people who've already sent a message to the consultation? It closes this Friday, so there’s just 24 hours left. There’s some suggested text to make it as simple as possible. Every single message we send will make it harder for the government to get away with this cover up. https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/campaigns/FOI-Court-and-Tribunal-Fees-Consultation?source=btnf1prev3dear0sclprf1&utm_source=38degrees&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=btnf1prev3dear0sclprf1 |