Media And Public Interest Flashcards
1
Q
Freedom of Information Act 2000
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Requests for details on MPs expenses filed and campaigned by reporters
2
Q
21 Jan 2009
A
Government drops motion to exempt Parliament from key parts of the freedom of information act preventing MPs expenses from being revealed.
3
Q
8th May
A
Daily Telegraph prints the first in a series of extracts leaked from computer disks containing the commons authority documentation of MPs second home claim.
4
Q
19th June 2009
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Scotland Yard announced that a small number of MPs and peers faced criminal charges over their claims.
