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Ben Worthy

Senior Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck College

Freedom of Information: populist irritation or popular democratic tool?

04 Mar Parliament

Freedom of Information: populist irritation or popular democratic tool?

Tony Blair thought it was one of his worst mistakes and many if not all his successors agree, but Ben Worthy says that for the most part Freedom of Information legislation has strengthened democracy