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Why we did freedom U-turn

MINISTERS yesterday defended making a U-turn in the States on backing a freedom of information regime – and insisted they were always supportive.

Ministers hiding from the light

WHAT happened in the States yesterday is the clearest proof to date that Freedom of Information is an essential ingredient of an open and transparent democracy and not something this island can any longer afford to be without.

FoI is a better way

AN ATTEMPT by the BBC to shed additional light on the reasons for the withdrawal of the cheaper tender to build the PEH clinical block was in part rejected as being prejudicial to the interests of the United Kingdom.