Migrant workers and official secrecy

I have now responded to Penwith's late reply to my FoIA request for information about the eviction of Polish migrant workers from premises in Penzance, in a letter to Mr B Turnbull, the Council's Environmental Health Co-ordinator (Housing). I shall shortly post that letter on the blog and the details of two further FoIA requests I am placing on a public site.

A new issue is emerging from this matter - that of the secrecy and obfuscation which is the instinctive response of public servants and politicians to requests for information from members of the public. It's an issue The St Ivean will be exploring and campaigning on over the coming months - and this blog's raison d'etre.