I ministri hanno cercato di bloccare la pubblicazione del modulo di interesse finanziario
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c206z452r23o
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I ministri hanno cercato di bloccare la pubblicazione del modulo di interesse finanziario
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c206z452r23o
di 457655676
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I thought this was about seeing and publishing his form, but it’s not, it’s about the form itself. In other words; there is no reason to publish it because it’s just an empty form. What’s worse is that now they are refusing to publish the new form.
> Rishi Sunak’s administration refused to release the document to the BBC saying ministers needed to have confidence that the process was confidential.
Publishing a template form breaching their confidentiality? What a ridiculous argument.
This is what they don’t want you to see: https://downloads.bbc.co.uk/news/politics/declaration_of_interests_form.pdf
> *Conservative* Ministers tried to block publication of financial interests form.
That feels like some fairly important context (although the New New Labour Government seems to have kept the case going). “BBC News first requested a copy of the document in January 2023 using Freedom of Information laws… in September 2023 the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ruled it should be disclosed. … The Cabinet Office then appealed to the Information Rights Tribunal, which in February this year upheld the ICO’s findings.”
The timeline is interesting. They asked for it on 31 January 2023. The Cabinet Office refused on 29 March 2023. The BBC complained immediately. The Cabinet Office reviewed the decision, and repeated it on 21 April 2023. On 24 April the BBC contacted the ICO. The ICO ruled against the Government [on 22 September 2023](https://ico.org.uk/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2023/09/ic-229159-m7n7/). The Cabinet Office appealed on 20 October 2023 (just within the 28-day time limit).
The Information Rights Tribunal heard the case on 27 January 2025. And [made their decision on 14 February 2025](https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukftt/grc/2025/202).
A decision which took just over 2 weeks to make had to wait nearly 2 years to be heard.
That could have been 3 different Governments if it had happened around 2019…