Ministers have blown an estimated £30,000 trying to keep top Tory Andrew Lansley’s diaries secret from the public, campaigners revealed today.
Maurice Frankel, head of the Campaign for Freedom of Information (FoI), told MPs how the Government has blown vast sums on lawyers’ fees trying to stop the former Health Minister’s diary being made public.
Ministers are now considering ways to scupper Labour’s decade-old FoI law to prevent more embarrassing secrets coming out.