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Jul 2021
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What the FOI?

THE TIMES
About this episode

The government is subject to an inquiry into the way it's handing Freedom of Information Requests; Matt Chorley speaks to veteran FOI journalists Martin Rosenbaum, George Greenwood and Susie Boniface about how they work and why they're so important. 


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Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch discuss the day's news. 


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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