Hillsborough

• Twenty-three years is a long time to wait for justice
  Posted on September 12, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Twenty-three years is a long time. You should be able to get a lot done like, I don’t know, invent new things, build cities, go to Mars and back, grow up. There aren’t many things that actually take 23 years, unless someone in your family died at Hillsborough on 15 April 1989. Then you’ll find it takes 23 years to get the truth.
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  Posted in: Justice system
  Tagged: Hillsborough, police
• What price freedom of information?
  Posted on February 15, 2012 by Louise Restell
  It looks as if the assault on freedom of information is underway. According to Ministry of Justice research, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has not improved decision-making, has failed to increase understanding of government and may even have reduced trust. Civil servants have also called for higher fees for those making requests under the act because the current costs do ‘not adequately reflect the total amount of time spent…in compiling the information’.
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  Tagged: civil servants, FOIA, freedom of information, Freedom of Information Act, Hillsborough, Ministry of Justice, MPs' expenses, open government