In the last seven days – February 17 to February 23 – Freedom of Information requests taught us: 

The number of licenced sex establishments in the UK dropped from 386 in 2013 to 256 in 2018

 


Borris Johnson used government resources to help a thinktank

 


Abi Phillips from Hollyoaks costs £1,500 to book

 


Letters to failing private schools have been revealed for the first time

 


Oldham Road in Manchester is the most complained about in the country

 


Oxford University fines students the most for late library books

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.