My quote in this article:
“The public is entitled to know whether government ministers can fulfil their role properly. Lord Cameron has to accept that this loss of privacy goes along with him returning to a vitally important public position.”

The Foreign Office is refusing to share details of Cameron’s work on China.

The department will not reveal whether the foreign secretary has recused himself from parts of the role due to conflicts of interest

thetimes.co.uk/article/foreig…

BREAKING Chris Cash, the Parliamentary aide accused of spying for China, is to been charged with espionage offences. He will appear in mags court on Friday. He will face charges alongside Christopher Berry.

If you want to see what I think is one of the worst, and likely straight up unlawful, responses to a legitimate FOI request I have ever seen, have a look at how Wadham College responded to one student journalist...

cherwell.org/2024/04/21/oxf…

I’m delighted to be on the shortlist for the European Press Prize this year, for my work with Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and crew on the #RotenbergFiles

europeanpressprize.com/shortlists/yea…

Revealed: Tory MP allegedly demanded campaign cash to pay ‘bad people’

thetimes.co.uk/article/28f948…

Absolutely fascinating documents released under #FOI by govt on correspondence and meets with Fujitsu, developer of the Horizon IT system

If you are at #SPANC24 and have a nose for investigations, please do join me for my class on how journalists can get the most out of freedom of information requests at 2.30 today!

Editors from the Mail, Guardian, Times and Telegraph united in an attempt to bolster an anti-SLAPP bill going through Parliament - also backed by George Greenwood Peter Geoghegan @ democracyforsale.substack Bill Browder richard brooks and others - many with direct experience of SLAPPs pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/edit…

Very concerning that the National Archives are closing what were previously public records on apparently flimsy grounds argued by public bodies.

While it's possible to fight these closures historians may not always have the resources to do so, impoverishing public understanding.

I'll be running a class on how young reporters can get the most out of using freedom of information requests for their investigations alongside a stellar cast at #SPANC24