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By uk-times.com7 September 2025No Comments1 Min Read
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Often, responses published on our Freedom of Information site WhatDoTheyKnow result in newspaper stories, or feed into campaigns or research.

When this happens with one of your own requests, you can add a link to the page. These then appear in the side column, like this:

FOI in Action https://news.stv.tv/politics/swinney-shared-concern-over-golf-course-vandalism-in-meeting-with-trumps-son https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/14626492/john-swinney-secret-meeting-eric-trump-notes/

It’s a great way for other users of the site to see the direct results that come from the simple act of making an FOI request — and now we’ve also added an ‘FOI in Action’ page, where you can see all of them in one place.

The banner from our 'FOI In Action' page, which explains the types of request that include citations: Journalism, Research, Campaigning and advocacy; and 'Other'

Here are five stories that have caught our eye from that page:

We’re not far off listing 3,000 citations on WhatDoTheyKnow — and these are just the ones users have added. If your request resulted in a piece of journalism, informed a campaign or fed into research, do add it in. As well as helping to show others what FOI can do, it provides a significant link back to the external site, helping bring it more readers.

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