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"...It's striking that the Local Government Association decided not to highlight how freedom of
information has held town halls to account by exposing waste and
maladministration. The Barnet bloggers showed how the council used an unlicensed
security firm to covertly film residents. Perry Austin-Clarke, editor of the 'Bradford Telegraph & Argus, used FOI to discover the council was spending
£500,000 on mobile phones bills. It subsequently fell to £100,000.
"A series of FOI requests by the Daily Telegraph exposed how local authorities
spent £2m on hotel bills over just 3 years – including stays at the Four Seasons
in New York, the Pan Pacific in Singapore, and the Athens Hilton. The beauty of
FOI is that it gives the public the same powers of inquiry as elected
councillors."
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