The Committee to Nuke Elysium

Caroline Lucas, Green Party leader and MP for Brighton Pavilion, called yesterday for Freedom Of Information (FOI) legislation to be extended to banks, telecoms operators and other large corporations providing key services to the public.

In her speech to the Green Party spring conference in Cardiff, Lucas said: “We depend on these corporations in just the same way as we depend on schools or hospitals to deliver our services. When they fail, we all suffer – so they must be opened up to public scrutiny. That’s why I am proposing that the current FOI act be extended to cover major corporations.”