Last week it was stated that about one in three of the freedom of information requests to the Home Office were made via the Whatdotheyknow site. And altogether 13% of FOI applications to UK government ...

A new decision this week by the Information Commissioner's Office represents a significant victory for the FOI requesters' website whatdotheyknow.com in its battles with the few public authorities ...

Here are 366 Interesting things that we know because of FOI requests made using WhatDoTheyKnow.com– one for every day of the leap year. This list focuses mainly on information released during the last ...

Rupert Lowe, the MP for Great Yarmouth and leader of the Restore Britain party, has been barred from using the freedom of information website WhatDoTheyKnow. The decision, which follows Mr Lowe ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Rupert Lowe has been banned from submitting freedom of information requests on the website WhatDoTheyKnow, a move the MP said is “not in the spirit of transparency”. Mr Lowe, who represents Great ...