Protect Your Right to Information

The Department of Constitutional Affairs is proposing changes to the way the Freedom of Information Act will work in future.

The proposed changes will restrict the number of requests individuals and organisations can make, and allow Government Departments to include 'reading time' in fees calculations, greatly increasing the scope for obstruction of legitimate requests.

As the Constitutional Affairs Select Committee concluded, there is no need to change the existing fees regime. Indeed, the cost of the Freedom of Information Act is less than was originally projected by the Government, and the transparency provided by the Act can only benefit efficient government.

Goto http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/freeinformation/ and sign the petition to secure open government.