We expect Labour to bombard us with FOI requests and get their revenge. The coalition tried to pre-empt this onslaught with a data transparency agenda. But FOI covers all documents, not just data, and ministers ask to approve personally controversial requests and apply exemptions. Every FOI request is therefore a double hit. It steals ministerial time and can unearth problems and proposals that can be exposed on a quiet weekend to devastating effect. Is the government ready for the battle ahead? There are some serious weaknesses that require urgent attention.
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