Brits: Act now to stop Parliament from hiding MPs' expense accounts!

Cory Doctorow 4:12 am Mon Jan 19, 2009

Stef sez, "On Thursday, British MPs are voting to change the law to keep their expenses secret after all, exempting themselves from Freedom of Information legislation.

The information has already been compiled, at a cost of a million pounds to the taxpayer, and was due to be published shortly.

The Order was snuck in quietly last Thursday (under the Heathrow Runway announcement). We have 3 days for people to act."

TheyWorkForYou.com asks every British Boing Boing reader to take a few moments to
contact their MP, join the inevitable Facebook group, and tell everyone they know about it!"

Freedom of Information (Parliament) Order 2009

(Thanks, Stef!)

Previously:

UK MPs to hide their expenses from Freedom of Information requests …

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