Winnick Claims Labour Plotting Over Mps' Secrecy ; Politics

Birmingham Post › May 11, 2007

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Labour Party managers are covertly rallying support for a highly controversial bid to exempt MPs from Freedom of Information laws, an MP claimed yesterday.

The attack by David Winnick came as Cabinet Minister Jack Straw made clear his support for the exemption and criticised the Information Commissioner for not upholding the intention behind the FOI Act.

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Winnick Claims Labour Plotting Over Mps' Secrecy ; Politics

Mr Straw warned not omitting MPs' correspondence from transparency laws - the s...

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