FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT and government resistance

For now ... Nov 2020 Guardian article on how the UK government seeks to undermine the functioning of this key freedom of the press law.

UK LIBEL TOURISM global boom as EU drafts law

Guardian

There has been reform of UK libel law to stop the rich + corporations abroad abusing it to muzzle reporting with the threat of expensive litigation they can't afford to properly defend.

But with the UK accounting for more libel cases than the EU and USA combined, the London courts continue to act as a handy global gag for the rich and powerful. Many of whom are avoiding taxes by using British tax havens.