Tag Archives: ICO

Whistleblower Disclosure – Systematic Misconduct by the Information Commissioner’s Office and Legal Officer Richard Bailey

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Right Honourable Minister Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET Date: 2 August 2025 Dear Lord Valance, I am writing under the public interest disclosure provisions to formally report serious and systemic wrongdoing within … Continue reading →

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Alan Dransfield | LETTER BEFORE ACTION – £17,000,000 Claim & Formal Demands

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Dear Information Commissioner, Please treat this email as a formal Letter Before Action under the Civil Procedure Rules (Pre-Action Protocol). I intend to commence High Court proceedings against the ICO for damages currently estimated at £17,000,000 arising from your sustained … Continue reading →

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BRIEFING NOTE: Misuse of FOIA Section 14(1) and the Complicity of the Information Commissioner’s Office

Posted on July 14, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Prepared by: Alan M Dransfield Date: 14 July 2025 Subject: Regulatory Complicity in FOI Suppression — ICO and the Systemic Abuse of the “Vexatious” Exemption Summary: There is compelling evidence that Section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 … Continue reading →

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Dear Shabana Mahmood KC, The Dransfield precedent is being used as a weapon to silence whistleblowers, deny legal rights, and suppress truths that the public has a moral and lawful right to know

Posted on July 13, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

OPEN LETTER TO THE RT HON SHABANA MAHMOOD KC MP Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor RE: Institutional Abuse of Section 14(1) FOIA and the Dransfield Precedent Dear Lord Chancellor, On the occasion of your recent appointment as … Continue reading →

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Sustained Conflict of Interest. Alex Ganotis

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Wirral In It Together

Clerk to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee House of Commons London SW1A 0AA 📧 Email: pacac@parliament.uk Dear Members of the PACAC Committee, Re: Complaint Regarding Conflict of Interest – Alex Ganotis (ICO Manager and Stockport Council Leader) I … Continue reading →

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Discretionary Housing Payments. Wirral Council foreseeably and avoidably broke the law for 18 months

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

Links to previous Discretionary Housing Payments posts: FOI Request to Wirral Council ~ Discretionary Housing Payments UPDATE: Leaked Wirral Council email: Discretionary Housing Payments Unlawful for 18 Months “Most Improved” Wirral Council. Breaking the law on Discretionary Housing Payments – … Continue reading →

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Information Commissioner Publishes Discretionary Housing Payments Decision Notice

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

Here is the link to this decision notice. https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/decision-notices/2017/2172699/fs50684466.pdf Following allegations of Wirral Council’s abuse of vulnerable benefit claimants, DHP audit failure and an ongoing breach of statutory law, this was a successful Freedom of Information request we placed with … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council Fails to Withhold Crucial Discretionary Housing Payments Report

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

Victory is sweet We can now report that the Information Commissioner has – after a long delay – found in our favour and Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council now have 30 days to put their house in order and provide the … Continue reading →

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Do you live in Wallasey? After #Brickgate, a string of bogus allegations and council abuse, does Labour candidate Angela Eagle deserve your vote?

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

31st December 2020 – an update – LIARS prosper. Angela Eagle is made a DAME in the New Years Honours list https://wirralinittogether.blog/2020/12/31/a-woman-who-lied-through-her-teeth-to-the-mainstream-media-accusing-jeremy-corbyn-supporters-of-throwing-a-brick-through-her-constituency-office-window-wasting-countless-hours-of-police-time-and-squ/ We Know What She Did Last Summer The first thing we should state here is that unlike our … Continue reading →

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#Brickgate FOI request – A response is in from Merseyside Police

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Wirral In It Together

12th August 2016 We lodged the following FOI request on 2nd August 2016: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/alleged_brick_thrown_through_comhttps://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/alleged_brick_thrown_through_com The police say they are not obliged to supply most of the information and have responded with exemptions under Section 30 (Criminal investigations and proceedings) and Section … Continue reading →

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