ICO: Government should re-write FOI Act to clarify use of veto

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Health Secretary Lansley told to justify Freedom of Information veto over NHS risk report

Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has called on the government to clarify the Freedom of Information Act – possibly even to amend or re-write it. He wants Whitehall to make clearer the ci...

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