Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeThe Government faces "inevitable" legal action after refusing to give ground on secrecy surrounding an £800m science agency. Ministers have insisted Aria, the brainchild of Dominic Cummings, should be exempt from Freedom of Information (FOI) Laws. Unlock Democracy director Tom Brake said: "The Government’s laughable responses ... made a legal challenge inevitable. “Cummings told parliament this [last] week that secrecy around the science at the start of the pandemic was a 'catastrophic' mistake. “Our clients hope that the decision to exempt ARIA from freedom of information laws is reconsidered in light of the absence of any reasonable grounds to do so to date.”

Source: Daily Mirror June 07, 2021 18:28 UTC