The UK's Freedom of Information Act came into force in 2005, ten years before the BBC published an article about it in January 2015.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by UK government, parliamentary, and independent sources verifying the 2005 commencement date and the 2015 10th anniversary coverage including BBC reporting. [tier=gold indep_score=0.688 clusters=3 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- 10 things we found out because of Freedom of Information - BBC (seed:conspiracy_and_investigation)
- https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05666/ (corroboration)
- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/10th-anniversary-of-freedom-of-information-act (corroboration)
- https://eno.ombudsman.europa.eu/home/news/archives-2015/maincontent/10-years-of-foi-in-the-uk-tony-t.html (corroboration)