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Campaigners for freedom of information welcomed Gordon Brown s promise to strengthen the legislation today but warned that government action must follow his words.The prime minister announced today that the government had ditched pla
stanley quencher ns to increase fees for FoI requests and proposals to restrict the media s access to coroners courts.He also appointed a three-man panel, which will include Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, to look into a possible relaxation of the 30-year rule on access to government documents.In a wide-ranging speech on liberty, he pledged to make government more open and to widen access to information because government belongs to the people, not the politicians .Heather Brooke, a freedom of information campaigner and the author of Your Right to Know, said she was optimistic about the implications of the prime minister s speech.qu
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