Curbing our right to know would be a blow to democracy. My Thunderer in today’s Times on floated government plans to kneecap key anti-corruption legislation by weakening FOI. www.thetimes.com/article/77a1...

Curbing our right to know would be a blow to democracy. My Thunderer in today’s Times on floated government plans to kneecap key anti-corruption legislation by weakening FOI. www.thetimes.com/article/77a1...

Excellent Sunday Times leader on the kneecapping of the public right to know currently being floated by officials Our secrecy-addicted state is at it again. It must be stopped www.thetimes.com/article/82a9...

Make no mistake that any weakening of FOI is an attack on all of our civil liberties, and would be a clear example of democratic backsliding. It is clear that the government is now seriously considering an attack on your right to know. www.ft.com/content/2c34...

Make no mistake that any weakening of FOI is an attack on all of our civil liberties, and would be a clear example of democratic backsliding. It is clear that the government is now seriously considering an attack on your right to know. www.ft.com/content/2c34...

Officials have been anonymously briefing about the threat of FOI laws to national security in the FT. I've written a blog on Relight My FOI as to why a crackdown on transparency using the vague excuse of China would be a bad move. relightmyfoia.blog/2026/03/18/p...

Officials have been anonymously briefing about the threat of FOI laws to national security in the FT. I've written a blog on Relight My FOI as to why a crackdown on transparency using the vague excuse of China would be a bad move. relightmyfoia.blog/2026/03/18/p...

An Iranian tycoon alleged to be a proxy for the Ayatollah was given permission by Barnet Council to build 33 luxury apartments in north London - without any affordable housing being required. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Last year Barnet Council granted planning permission for 33 luxury flats to an Iranian banker linked to Mojtaba Khamenei. He was sanctioned soon after. This being Britain, the council exempted him from affordable home rules, but made him complete bat and newt surveys www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

An Iranian tycoon alleged to be a proxy for the Ayatollah was given permission by Barnet Council to build 33 luxury apartments in north London - without any affordable housing being required. www.thetimes.com/world/middle...

Dirty money, golden postcodes: Iran’s £200m London empire. @yeomans.bsky.social and I delve through the London luxury property linked to the regime. www.thetimes.com/article/7f4d...

Dirty money, golden postcodes: Iran’s £200m London empire. @yeomans.bsky.social and I delve through the London luxury property linked to the regime. www.thetimes.com/article/7f4d...

I've been digging through the first tranche of the Mandelson files so you don't have to. You can explore the key documents here 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Andrew is to give up yet another lease, this time on East Lodge near Windsor. FOIs show he was enjoying a favourable rent there, a property used by his staff. But the Crown Estate is still refusing to say which of Andrew’s staff was living there… www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

Andrew is to give up yet another lease, this time on East Lodge near Windsor. FOIs show he was enjoying a favourable rent there, a property used by his staff. But the Crown Estate is still refusing to say which of Andrew’s staff was living there… www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

You can watch my talk at this year’s FOI Fest here! Ten FOI tips in ten minutes. youtu.be/1Vu7MYx5jyo?...

Civil service ethics head hired by civil service ‘in breach of its own ethics rules’ www.thetimes.com/article/32df...

Civil service ethics head hired by civil service ‘in breach of its own ethics rules’ www.thetimes.com/article/32df...

@georgegreenwood.bsky.social is going to give us ten #FOI tips in ten minutes. #FOIFest

I'm speaking at this today because obviously I am!

MoJ halts purge of court archive used to track grooming gangs. Hopefully Courtsdesk and the MoJ can now resolve their dispute and journalists can get meaningful access to these records. www.thetimes.com/article/ccb5...

Court records that could help monitor how gangs abuse vulnerable children will be deleted after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) ordered that the information be purged. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

British hardware is still being used to power the suicide drones behind Russia’s devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities and its civilians, a Times investigation with @occrp.org @tijd.be @kyivindependent.com and others has found. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

British hardware is still being used to power the suicide drones behind Russia’s devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities and its civilians, a Times investigation with @occrp.org @tijd.be @kyivindependent.com and others has found. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...

Government blocked transparency requests about Andrew trade trips because of ‘health and safety’ concerns www.thetimes.com/article/e72c...

I've written today's Thunderer on Courtsdesk, the archive the MoJ has scrapped. It mustn't double down out of embarrassment. Every day the system is down is a day court access is curtailed. Not resolving this would be a choice to undermine open justice. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

I've written today's Thunderer on Courtsdesk, the archive the MoJ has scrapped. It mustn't double down out of embarrassment. Every day the system is down is a day court access is curtailed. Not resolving this would be a choice to undermine open justice. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

I'm delighted to have been shortlisted for Data Journalist of the Year at this year's Press Awards for my work with @occrp.org and VG identifying the doctors banned abroad still treating patients in the UK. You can read the original report here 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

What Sarah Sackman said at the dispatch box today is simply wrong. It is not physically possible for journalists to attend every single court and to obtain the kind of information that Courtsdesk provided in searchable form. This shuts out the press and undermines open justice.

What Sarah Sackman said at the dispatch box today is simply wrong. It is not physically possible for journalists to attend every single court and to obtain the kind of information that Courtsdesk provided in searchable form. This shuts out the press and undermines open justice.

The Ministry of Justice has ordered the deletion of the UK’s largest court reporting archive. This risks undermining open justice, and I believe, undermines the public accountability role of the press by making it harder to see what is going on in the courts. www.thetimes.com/article/77b0...

The Ministry of Justice has ordered the deletion of the UK’s largest court reporting archive. This risks undermining open justice, and I believe, undermines the public accountability role of the press by making it harder to see what is going on in the courts. www.thetimes.com/article/77b0...

When Mandelson was planning to visit Epstein’s New York house in 2012, even Epstein’s staff were a bit confused. “I hope the news people don’t find out” More in today’s Times www.thetimes.com/article/5192...

The health committee grilled the GMC on our story showing doctors banned abroad were handed UK licenses. “I do accept this is difficult stuff but the Times managed it. If they can manage it, it shouldn’t be beyond the wit of the medical regulator to manage it.” parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

I've written a blog at Relight My FOIA on the fight to force the Met Police to disclose an internal report on its effectiveness at policing violence against women in the aftermath of the death of Sarah Everard. This process took more than three years. relightmyfoia.blog/2026/01/20/o...

Victims ditch hundreds of sex assault cases, Met Police has to admit. The Times had to fight a 3 year legal battle to force it to disclose a report into policing violence against women and girls, In the aftermath of the rape and murder of Sarah Everard. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

A major Tory donor has been sanctioned in the UK and EU for his alleged role in the Russian oil trade. The oil magnate Murtaza Lakhani was hit with a UK asset freeze and travel ban on the grounds that his activities were assisting Russia. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

A major Tory donor has been sanctioned in the UK and EU for his alleged role in the Russian oil trade. The oil magnate Murtaza Lakhani was hit with a UK asset freeze and travel ban on the grounds that his activities were assisting Russia. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Very honoured to see our royal peppercorn rent stories make this list amongst strong company. I’ll do my best to keep grinding them out… www.ft.com/content/72d0...

Late Queen’s cousin pays £2,200 a year for luxury home in Richmond www.thetimes.com/article/fa86...

Revealed: Andrew lobbied Middle East royals over business venture www.thetimes.com/article/c931...

Late Queen’s cousin pays £2,200 a year for luxury home in Richmond www.thetimes.com/article/fa86...

Revealed: Andrew lobbied Middle East royals over business venture www.thetimes.com/article/c931...

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee will investigate the property agreements between the royal family and the Crown Estate following reports by The Times into “peppercorn rent” deals. www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients. Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans. www.thetimes.com/article/df50...

The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients. Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans. www.thetimes.com/article/df50...

The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate. www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate. www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...

I've written today's Thunderer on the government's refusal to declare if any ministers have convictions. If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

The public has no right to know if any of the ministers who day to day make the decisions that have huge impacts on their lives have criminal records, the information watchdog has ruled. We will be appealing... www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...