Today rival newspapers from across the UK media have joined our call to #SaveFOI as a vital pillar of #PressFreedom.

Here's our Editor in Chief @maryftz on why this is so important.

If you agree MPs must act swiftly, please share widely.
Joining our call to #SaveFOI, @thetimes editor @JohnWitherow called the current situation a 'disgrace'

@guardiannews editor @KathViner said 'time-wasting on legitimate FOI requests', 'stands at odds with UK govt's global commitments to press freedom' https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/fleet-street-editors-demand-urgent-action-to-protect-freedom-of-information/
Fleet Street editors unite to demand ‘urgent’ action on Freedom of Information

Gove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for investigation of controversial FOI ‘Clearing House'

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/fleet-street-editors-demand-urgent-action-to-protect-freedom-of-information/
Our urgent demand to #saveFOI comes amid what @RSF_en describes as a worsening climate for #PressFreedom in the UK.

More here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/boris-johnson-and-his-government-are-attacking-press-freedom-we-must-not-let-them-win/
Boris Johnson and his government are attacking press freedom. We must not let them win

One journalist has been arrested. A minister has attacked another on Twitter. These are not isolated incidents – and they must not stand.

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/boris-johnson-and-his-government-are-attacking-press-freedom-we-must-not-let-them-win/
And on the back of reporting from @PeterKGeoghegan & @JaysimHanspal on how the housing ministry told local councils it was 'appropriate' to block FOIs about which buildings still have #Grenfell-style cladding https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/uk-government-accused-covering-national-scandal-over-grenfell-style-cladding/
UK government accused of covering up 'national scandal' over Grenfell-style cladding

Exclusive: Housing ministry told local authorities it was 'appropriate' to block Freedom of Information requests that could identify buildings with similar ‘Grenfell’ cladding

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/uk-government-accused-covering-national-scandal-over-grenfell-style-cladding/
The ‘Orwellian’ unit inside @michaelgove's Cabinet office also blocked FOI disclosures about the infected blood scandal.

They said the information needed to be 'managed' - and compared it to the Chilcot Inquiry. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-governments-orwellian-unit-blocked-infected-blood-scandal-disclosure/
Revealed: Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit blocked infected blood scandal disclosure

Campaigner whose father died of HIV calls secrecy ‘outrageous’; staff in Michael Gove’s Cabinet Office cited Chilcot Inquiry while delaying Freedom of Information requests

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/revealed-governments-orwellian-unit-blocked-infected-blood-scandal-disclosure/
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