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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Royal Secrets Withheld Under Revised Information Rules

Members of the public and journalists will be banned from seeing the contents of secret documents on the Cabinet and Royal Family under measures quietly announced by Gordon Brown last week.

The Prime Minister's reforms on improving parliament contained a little-noticed plan to block Freedom of Information requests on Cabinet papers, even if there is a public interest case.

The blanket exemption, which will be seen as a retrograde step in access to information and transparency, also applies to documents relating to members of the Royal Family.

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Transparency in action!!!

2 comments:

  1. The Brown thing cant keep their "Biggest Secret" secret from me however, it lies "bloody" exposed, transparent and aligned to their "Biggest Secret" on my home patch of turf.
    Even Prince Edward strolled off the designated
    route to the suprize of his minders to pass by my "abode", in early 2007 while on tour in my neck of the woods downunder...reason must be that "Biggest Secret" thing l experienced here.

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  2. Correction 2005 that is...time flies.

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