“Euorsceptic ministers may have to use a freedom of information requests or a parliamentary questions to obtain EU-related documents produced by their own staff, a top civil servant has said.
Sir Jeremy Heywood, Britain’s most senior civil servant, has been accused of stifling debate among eurosceptic ministers by issuing new guidance banning ministers from accessing official documents and receiving briefings ahead of the referendum.”
Another thing we all know about in East Devon, where ordinary Conservative councillors are not allowed to see documents prepared by their Cabinet and senior officers.”
Perhaps at least some of those pesky FoI requests are coming from EDDC councillors!
East Devon Watch 