Government lawyers have defended a decision by the attorney general, Dominic Grieve, to block the publication of letters written by Prince Charles to politicians.

Grieve overruled an independent freedom of information tribunal that had ordered the release of the letters.

The tribunal had decided that the public should be told how the prince sought to influence government policy through private letters he sent to ministers.

Reported by the Guardian. You can read the full story here. 

Matthew Burgess
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I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.