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Apologies sent to FOI requesters who made entire council resign

Apologies have been sent to members of the public how made more than 100 Freedom of Information requests to a parish council. 

The volume of requests resulted in the entire of Walberswick Parish Council resigning.

The BBC report:

Apologies have been issued in a Suffolk village where the parish council resigned after being sent over 100 Freedom of Information requests.

Following the fall-out, Walberswick Parish Council said it was bankrupt and its seven councillors quit.

An interim council has sent apologies to four people who were sending the information requests.

You can read the full story here.

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