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The door of 10 Downing Street, London, October 20, 2022
THE Tory government spent nearly £1 million fighting the release of documents requested under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, an investigation revealed today.
Newsletter Democracy for Sale found that the last government had spent at least £937,000 on lawyers in regards to cases listed at the Information Tribunal in 2023.
It warned that the true number is likely to be much higher — with information on legal fees obtained on just 58 of the 118 cases listed.
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
While claiming to target fraud, Labour’s snooping Bill strips benefit recipients of privacy rights and presumption of innocence, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE, warning that algorithms with up to 25 per cent error rates could wrongfully investigate and harass millions of vulnerable people
A new report by Amnesty International pulls no punches in highlighting the Labour government’s human rights violations of those on benefits, says Dr DYLAN MURPHY