Councils are pushing to restrict freedom of information

Councillors should champion transparency.

The state-charity relationship needs more transparency still

Having Freedom of Information law follow public funds into the third sector is welcome, but the Government must stop paying to lobby itself.

Welcome signs that the Government is abandoning its attack on Freedom of Information

Conservatives believe that the state should be the servant not the master of the people.

Freedom of Information may be inconvenient at times, but it is clearly right – and should therefore be protected

No party in power is enthusiastic about being scrutinised. But it would be a serious error to restrict FoI when it has helped make the case against waste.

Labour by-election candidate is paid £81,598 a year in councillor allowances

Cllr Jim McMahon has argued there was “no alternative” to a Council Tax rise.

Kids Company shows why Freedom of Information should apply to anyone taking taxpayers’ money

Transparency should travel with taxpayer funding – if you don’t want to be accountable to the people, then don’t ask them to pay your bills.

Jeremy Hunt MP: The NHS must lead the pack in innovation, transparency and patient power

That means embracing new technologies, implementing a seven-day service and being honest about problems.

Hilton’s ideas need Halfon’s help

Cameron’s former chief strategist has lost patience with crony capitalism. The new Deputy Chairman of the Party is well-placed to help make real his radical vision.

Barbara Harpham: Transparency is the right path for healthcare innovation

The Government has made great strides toward making the NHS truly accountable to patients, but can and must go further still.

What would a Miliband Government mean for motorists?

The Government has eased parking restrictions – Labour threaten to put this into reverse.

Lord Flight: The shocking invasion of privacy hidden away in the Small Business Bill

And it won’t even work in its own terms. What on earth is a Conservative-led Government doing in introducing such half-baked proposals?

What Eric did in the Recess

With Mr Pickles it strikes me that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts

Jesse Norman MP: The Government needs to make the case for Big Society principles once again

It is neither paternalistic nor libertarian, but grounded in a “compassionate conservatism” whose roots lie in Adam Smith and Edmund Burke.

Andrew Allison: The right to report what your council is up to

We all have the power to scrutinise what happens in our town halls.

How is your council doing? Uses and abuses of performance data

Councils are required to provide a lot of data – some of it is of value.