United Kingdom

If you could get the UK government to do one thing to improve its openness, what would it be?

23rd October 2014

Would you call on government to bring contractors under the Freedom of Information Act? Support and develop the UK Anti-Corruption Action Plan? Give the public a say in the future of the UK through a citizen-led Constitutional Convention? Develop an open and comprehensive register of lobbyists? Today the UK Open Government Civil Society Network is launching a…


Charities, politics and civic space | Francis Maude’s response

17th October 2014

The following response from Francis Maude (Minister for the Cabinet Office) to the UK OGP civil society network’s letter on charities, politics and civic space was received earlier this week: [line]   Mr Tim Hughes UK OGP Civil Society Coordinator Involve 33 Corsham Street London, N1 6DR 1 October 2014 Dear Tim, Thank you for…


Charities, politics and civic space | An open letter to Francis Maude MP

11th September 2014

Yesterday, members of the UK OGP civil society network sent the following letter to the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, on the subject of charities, politics and civic space. [line] The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP The Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall London SW1A 2AS 10 September 2014 Dear Minister Charities, politics and civic space…


Can we crowdsource an open government manifesto?

1st August 2014

The experience of other Open Government Partnership countries demonstrates that elections can be a make or break moment for the progression of open government reforms. With that in mind, we’re exploring ways to ensure that the UK General Election in May 2015 results in more, not less, momentum for the open government movement. We think…


OGP Commitment 6

30th July 2014

As part of the UK’s 2013 OGP Commitments, the Government announced last year that it would publish its first-ever National Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Although various government departments and institutions deal with corruption, until now there has been no one person or department coordinating this work – i.e. no overall strategy, no centralised data collection, and…


Time to open up the open government movement: Omidyar Network grant announcement

17th July 2014

It’s now eight months since the UK’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) 2013-15 National Action Plan was launched at the London OGP Summit. Over the 12 months before its launch, the action plan was developed collaboratively by the UK Government and members of the UK OGP civil society network. As well as securing a number of strong commitments, the process of…


Meeting Note: Planning the implementation of the National Action Plan | 26 Feb 2014

5th March 2014

On 26 February 2014, members of the UK OGP civil society network met with Cabinet Office officials to discuss the implementation phase of the National Action Plan. The purpose of the meeting was to: Update the network on progress to date Run through the proposed implementation plan Determine roles and responsibilities for the next phase…



PASC calls for further evidence on statistics and open data

13th November 2013

Press Release from the Public Administration Select Committee: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SELECT COMMITTEE  Select Committee  Announcement For immediate Release: 13 November 2013 PASC CALLS FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE ON STATISTICS AND OPEN DATA The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) is conducting an inquiry into statistics and open data in Government, with a focus on the progress of…