Gavin Freeguard

gavinfreeguard.com

13 October 2026 10:22

⌛ #DATABITES IS BACK - NEXT WEEK! ⌛ Join us for the 61st event - the first from @sotf.org.uk and @thinkdigitalptns.bsky.social - where we'll hear from speakers including the House of Commons Library, HMRC and The National Archives thinkdigitalpartner.zohobackstage.eu/DataBitesOct...

Claire Miller

clairemiller.bsky.social

13 October 2026 10:21

Teenager has offer of place studying A-Level Spanish withdrawn because he failed GCSE Maths, despite top marks in GCSE Spanish. College insists everyone has to meet entry requirements. Mum uses FOI to find out that it makes quite a few exceptions:

Gavin Freeguard

gavinfreeguard.com

08 October 2026 12:34

Exclusive: the government doesn’t want you to know who’s advising it on civil service reform medium.com/state-of-the...

Campaign for Freedom of Information in Scotland

cfoiscot.bsky.social

28 September 2026 13:24

On Right to Know Day, our article champions Scotland’s FoI law & its system of enforcement to protect rights & ensure public bodies comply with their duties. Useful learning in advance of publication of Scotland’s Human Rights Bill, now delayed until 2027. @hrcs.bsky.social tfn.scot/opinion/cele...

Claire Miller

clairemiller.bsky.social

16 September 2026 10:51

Round robin #FOI requests give you the opportunity to build a picture of how public bodies' approaches differ. Like how trading standards offices in Yorkshire & the Humber are seizing 10 times the number of cigarettes per resident, than their counterparts in London: