Freedom of Information at the FOS: Your right to the truth

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) is to accept Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for the first time from this week, six years since the Act came into force. Former Justice Minister Michael Wills, under whose tenure the Act was ­extended, called the body’s inclusion in the ­legislation from 2 November a boost for ­“transparency and openness”. He added: “The organisations we will add to the Act make key decisions which affect the lives of millions of people across the country. “It is only right that they are also subject to the FOI Act and the additional accountability it bri...