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Ministers told to use Post-it notes to avoid Freedom of Information requests (www.independent.co.uk)

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Ministers in Tony Blair’s government were advised to use Post-it notes for sensitive messages to avoid having to release them under new Freedom of Information, according newly-released official files.

The Labour government had originally passed the Freedom of Information Act in 2000 but as the full implementation date approached on January 1 2005 there was growing disquiet among ministers and senior officials at the implications.

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[–] CityPop@lemmy.today 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Presumably not every scrap of paper has to be kept, and this fell into a loophole or grey area.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 11 points 1 year ago

I would guess they thought it was a loop hole but were wrong.