Apprenticeships are being promoted as one answer to Britain’s jobs problem. Records from the closure of JB Skills Training show why the less polished cases deserve closer scrutiny. Apprenticeships are…
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The North East Combined Authority told an FOI requester in March that it held no recorded information within scope of a request about the proposed “Great North Olympics”. That answer…
West Yorkshire Police recorded 203 arrests and 3,088 officer deployments at Leeds Festival between 2022 and 2025, newly disclosed Freedom of Information data shows. (Source: The Freedom of Information request,…
Public bodies logged almost 100,000 recruitment adjustment requests, but many couldn’t say how many were actually provided. A Freedom of Information investigation by The Reasonable Adjustment asked 15 public authorities…
Related, and newer Broad Street Arrest: West Midlands Police Cleared Their Own Officer, Then Asked Everyone to Stop Watching Another Knockout Audit clip, another viral pile-on. Footage of an arrest…
FOI / Records Governance Councils can keep education and SEND records for decades. Once you start asking how those decisions are documented, explained and disclosed, the picture gets a lot…
FOI Investigation · Speed Enforcement The Metropolitan Police processed 737,198 speeding offences in 2025. A Freedom of Information request has produced the full breakdown: every case split by speed limit,…
Investigation · Newcastle Fund · Freedom of Information FOI requests reveal that Newcastle City Council disbursed public money to The Recruitment Junction for an ex-offender employment programme, yet maintains it…
By Kieron JH, Founder, The Reasonable Adjustment Short version: A new internal review response from the North East Combined Authority confirms that every FOI request is circulated to the Mayor’s…
“Do as I say, not as I do” – The Information Commissioner? FOI / Information Rights / Accountability The ICO Can’t Search Its Own Systems – But Expects Everyone Else…