Ministers are accused of scuppering right-to-know legislation
By Robert Verkaik, Law Editor | The Independent
Labour's flagship freedom of information laws are being blocked by ministers who are increasingly refusing to answer routine inquiries about government policy, new figures show.
Seven government departments, including the department in charge of monitoring the new powers, are identified in a Whitehall report as refusing to give answers to more than half of all requests made by the public. More...
