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Protecting official information

And a new way of protecting journalists too

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Joshua Rozenberg
Sep 02, 2020
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A blueprint for reforming the Official Secrets Acts was published yesterday by the government’s law reform advisers for England and Wales. The Law Commission’s 270-page report, called Protection of Official Data, has taken five years to produce. It is available here, together with a short introduction, a 12-page summary and earlier consultation papers.

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