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I'm Paul
I'm investigating 126 things
I have accepted 141 challenges
and contributed 5 updates
to 8 completed investigations

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Hi, I'm the guy who came up with this idea. Let me know what you think. By the way, I have another profile on this site at http://helpmeinvestigate.com/paulbradshaw - that's for investigations I'm personally interested in as well as professionally.

My investigations

do speed cameras cost or save money?

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4 mcjhn and
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What can we find out by looking at election campaign expenses in Brighton and surrounds?

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3 OrangeBlossomer and
4 others

What reports on their financial health do local authorities complete and who receives the completed reports?

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1 objectgroup and
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How do election offices in the UK respond to requests to inspect campaign expenses? (and how should they?)

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24 Paul and
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What is the revenue generated by Dudley MBC's department for Bereavement Services per annum?

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0 simonhowes and
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What can we find out by looking at election campaign expenses in Birmingham?

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14 Paul and
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How much are Local Councils spending on advertising with local papers across the country?

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11 ventnorblog and
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How are EU structural funds spent?

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0 pdm and
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Why & how are local councils giving Spikes Cavell access to their accounts systems?

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25 CountCulture and
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How much are local councils having to pay to advertise mandatory notices in local papers where a media group has a monopoly?

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15 star-one and
13 others

How is the 'No To Tesco' campaign on Stokes Croft, Bristol developing?

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1 oliconner and
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What aspects of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are being ignored in the media? Why?

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6 mattwardman and
5 others

How many databases does Birmingham City Council hold or access?

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10 Paul and
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How is the release of local spending data affecting council services and local politics?

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14 timdavies and
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How many destitute asylum seekers are there in the UK? Should destitution be a part of asylum seeking process at all?

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9 robdaleworks and
11 others

Where and why are babies being born in hospital without a midwife present?

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4 robdaleworks and
2 others

How much money do the various donation websites take from charities?

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8 Paul and
14 others

'Environmental information' how strictly is it being defined?

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0 MarkCoughlan and
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“Which (and how many) MPs are currently being investigated by the Commissioner for Standards?”

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7 RichardWilson and
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Can a taxi firm send me SMS adverts simply because they have my number?

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2 Paul and
3 others

Which MPs are writing identical letters to their constituents about the Digital Economy Bill?

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17 Paul and
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What are councils required to do, as a minimum, when responding to FOI requests and updating disclosure logs?

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5 owmyfoothurts and
3 others

Who funds the New Schools Network?

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10 Jack Cues and
12 others

How much will the new civic offices in Telford cost & what's the impact?

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4 BenjiW and
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How many councils are updating FOI disclosure logs and putting information on FOI or EIR sites as per ICO guidance?

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20 egrommet and
10 others

Which is the "greenest" University in Birmingham?

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4 Emmak89 and
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Are Brumcan still operating?

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5 owmyfoothurts and
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Can a councillor be allowed to represent his community when he does not attend resident associations in his ward ?

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6 MarkEllam and
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Which Midlands councils have the best recycling facilities and policies?

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2 LiamJRichardson and
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How have the cuts to junior doctor's hours affected NHS Obs&Gynae units?

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2 hannahbflynn and
3 others

How much support is there in schools for children suffering from Selective Eating Disorder?

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3 JbradleyBBC and
2 others

Why did City Car Club leave Liverpool?

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1 frabcus and
5 others

What is the background and funding of the Global Warming Policy Foundation?

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4 Paul and
3 others

Are Royal Mail removing post boxes?

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5 Mike_Rawlins and
5 others

What do you know about The London Weekly?

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158 JTownend and
36 others

How much do Birmingham City Council spend on bonuses - and who gets the biggest bonuses?

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9 Paul and
2 others

How well were Birmingham City Council's gritting resources used and how will the council ensure that improvements are made in the future?

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1 andbwell and
3 others

Does the distribution of free publications cost Birmingham City Council money?

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0 andbwell and
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How many student publications are facing interference from student unions?

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12 RebeccaHughes and
7 others

Why is the University of Liverpool seeking to silence blogs critical of its vice-chancellor Sir Howard Newby?

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25 BristleKRS and
10 others

How many people still buy local newspapers in Bristol?

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2 SophAl20 and
3 others

Where are the danger spots for cyclists in Cardiff?

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7 hrwaldram and
5 others

Do first class carriages on UK trains increase their carbon footprint? (Overall and per passenger)

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2 hannahbflynn and
2 others

How many PCTs in England and Wales have banned the NuvaRing on their formularies?

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9 hannahbflynn and
3 others

What is Bristol City Council doing to improve the state of the river running through the city?

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6 SophAl20 and
9 others

How much of the rent charged for University of Birmingham halls is actually spent directly on related costs?

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0 Redbrick and
4 others

What was the background planning into the Birmingham Christmas Light switchon?

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3 Neil and
2 others

How much do UK companies and public institutions spend on creating and maintaining websites each year?

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1 mccabe101 and
3 others

How much land does the Church own in Preston, Lancashire?

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0 Ed Walker and
2 others

How safe is Birmingham for cyclists?

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16 dandavies23 and
10 others

Why can't they just make parking free in Burslem? (Stoke-on-Trent)

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1 clarewhite and
3 others

How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

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63 paulbradshaw and
34 others

What is Birmingham City Council's policy for their employees submitting Freedom of Information requests to Birmingham City Council?

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0 getgood and
2 others

How much is it costing the Royal Mail to send cease and desist letters?

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1 Paul and
1 other

Why the proposed site for the 'olympic' size swimming pool is not at the Ladywood Arts & Leisure Centre?

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3 perkster and
1 other

What's happening in the £1.5 billion North Solihull regeneration project?

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0 Hammet and
4 others

How much does it cost to bring a case for 'impersonating a police officer'?

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1 Paul and
2 others

35% more public money is spent per head on Londoners compared to those living in the West Midlands. How is this justified?

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2 ColinMeek and
2 others

How much is being spent on Birmingham's "bid" for the World Cup?

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4 Bounder and
2 others

Is Tunstall Swimming Baths, Stoke on Trent, due to be knocked down as part of the areas regeneration?

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8 Samiad and
3 others

Is E-mail an acceptable form of communication between councillors & constituents?

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4 Mike_Rawlins and
7 others

Why aren’t Housing Associations legally obliged to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act?

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3 Feck and
2 others

How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

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76 SarahHartley and
43 others

How can we put more pressure on computer & periperals manufacturers to cheaply repair (or recycle) out of warranty hardware?

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0 paulusm and
1 other

How long can a councillor continue to be on sick leave and still remain in position? - how would they be "removed"?

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3 raichiu and
3 others

How can Dudley MBC get away with spending less than £120k on Coseley baths over the last 10 years and - now that the roof really needs repairing - close it without fully investigating other viable funding alternatives ?

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13 coseleybaths and
5 others

Where is Diana really buried?

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4 Documentally and
5 others

How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

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20 Josh Halliday and
28 others

When will the long delayed S106A on the Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth, be implemented

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10 sibadd and
12 others

How can a company change names and leave no contact details, while still taking unagreed amounts from my bank account?

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10 alanjbounds and
9 others

Why are social networking sites doing so little to defend your privacy?

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22 ColinMeek and
6 others

Where can I find all of a judge's rulings?

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10 siwhitehouse and
10 others

How much does Birmingham City Council spend each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps?

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9 Sarah and
3 others

How can the only emergency night shelter for homeless people in Kent be under the threat of closure, and how might it be saved?

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10 Jonathan and
3 others

Why can mobile phone companies exclude 'long texts' from contracts? And which ones do?

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4 Paul and
0 others

Why was Oxford Airport, rebranded as 'London Oxford'

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1 Neil and
3 others

How come a building in Moseley Birmingham can be converted into the head office of the Church of Scientology with no public consultation?

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6 stef and
3 others

When is a listed building not a listed building?

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3 penval and
3 others

How do we get a vandalised, unused, non-BT phone box removed?

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8 JuliaLarden and
6 others

What legislative requirement makes it so difficult for Newham council in East London to enforce clearing of rubbish from private property?

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2 ade_a_online and
3 others

What is to be done with the piece of wasteland on Brunswick Road in Handsworth, Birmingham?

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2 Stacey and
3 others

Is there ever going to be an ice rink built in Birmingham?

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0 zoecorkhill and
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Will the multi storey car park that was promised at Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital ever be built?

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5 karenpatel and
2 others

Does the JobCentre check out employers when it advertises vacancies?

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5 AltSheff and
9 others

Will private finance projects lead to cuts in your local NHS Trust?

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0 JamesRB and
4 others

what bugs do we have on this site and what should we do about them?

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9 stef and
8 others

How many extraditions and convictions have there been on both UK and US sides since the 2003 extradition treaty and with what sort of sentences?

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0 jhswm and
3 others

How can you quickly find out if someone's academic qualifications are for real?

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4 stef and
5 others

Why is there a giant unused TV screen in Victoria Square, Birmingham?

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13 deplorableword and
20 others

What safeguards are in place to prevent conflicts of interest or the appearance of conflicts of interest in certain Oxford University ICT/website services contracts?

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7 Conradq and
2 others

Who owns the pubs in Digbeth?

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7 citizensheep and
14 others

What sites have been flattened in Birmingham for new development, where building work has not started 12 months later, or even longer than that?

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8 getgood and
21 others

Does anyone know which company is buying the RSPCA dogs home in Barnes Hill?

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5 maryhoresh and
3 others

Recruitment and employment practices of cold-calling companies

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12 Paul and
4 others

Which councils issue the most parking tickets per head of population?

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63 Paul and
15 others

BBC TV Licensing - Do detector vans exist & how many people are unlicensed/prosecuted.

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29 Neil and
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When will B'ham City Council publish an online map and database of trees with Tree Protection Orders?

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13 ChrisDuggan and
8 others

Will the Kings Cross gyratory redesign by TfL, Camden and Islington put pedestrians before cars and buses?

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3 willperrin and
3 others

Where does car clamping and its penalty fines mostly take place in Birmingham?

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55 Stacey and
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How much 'covert surveillance' of individuals has been conducted by Midlands councils?

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39 paulbradshaw and
14 others

What impact have APCOA wardens made on illegal parking in Lichfield District?

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10 philipjohn and
4 others

What is happening with the City & Housing Liaison Board in Birmingham?

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8 BenjiW and
3 others

Would anyone know of British people who had traveled to New Zealand as child migrants on the ship 'Rangitoto' in 1951-1952?

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8 sejaldeshpande and
6 others

Why won't Birmingham City Council hand over the running of Lightwoods Park to Sandwell Council?

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4 bobpiper and
4 others

What's happening with the Barleycorn pub on Bearwood Road?

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2 alexhughes and
5 others

When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

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67 joshhart and
34 others

What percentage of donated goods collected from doorsteps goes directly to the charity named on the bag?

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0 Claire EB and
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How can the Queen save £4million (instead of asking for extra money from the govt)?

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2 Paul and
6 others

Why won't West Midlands Police publish geographic (i.e. beginning "0121") numbers for Birmingham police stations?

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0 pigsonthewing and
14 others

What are the plans for the mosaic at Stockland Green School?

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9 jonhickman and
6 others

Link to details of your local MPs expenses and allowances claims

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6 Matt Buck and
4 others

Why were two lovely Rowan trees chopped down on Moor End Lane, Erdington, Birmingham?

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1 eastendgirl and
6 others

How can you counter or prevent a noise abatement order?

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5 RichBatsford and
9 others

What is the approximate yearly CO2 emission caused by the visitors of the West Midlands Safari Park?

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7 NatalieAdcock and
4 others

Why is a new bus company allowed on an existing route with same number, but higher prices?

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8 donato and
7 others

What's happening with the old BBC Pebble Mill site?

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2 citizensheep and
9 others

Why have the houses in Naseby Road in Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HL been left to decay for several years?

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11 daveharte and
12 others

On which Birmingham streets are the most parking tickets issued?

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27 heatherb and
16 others

How much money does the NSPCC spend on marketing?

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9 Paul and
8 others

How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

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54 Paul and
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The number of patients with a history of psychiatric conditions and violence being housed by B'ham City Council in my community.

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7 paulbradshaw and
8 others

How many actions do the police or the DVLA make against misrepresented licence plates?

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4 Bounder and
3 others

What's the best place to go to for brain rehabilitation

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4 Paul and
5 others

What is the tracking process for petitions handed in to Birmingham City Council?

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10 lindahinesmbe and
13 others

How much does Birmingham City Council spend on PR?

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7 heatherb and
23 others

How can I get speed bumps put on my road to slow the speeding cars down?

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6 stef and
4 others

How much does my councillor claim in expenses?

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6 tomski and
13 others

Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

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31 jamiearnold and
11 others

Why was the tree on my road cut down with no warning?

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3 stef and
9 others

My challenges

Add some links to news articles about council spending on PR

to help investigate How much does Birmingham City Council spend on PR?

Find out what the government has said about GP's and 0845 nmbers

to help investigate Why my doctors have an 0845 number

Invite a midwife to this investigation

to help investigate Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

Add background information

to help investigate How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

Add background information

to help investigate How much money does the NSPCC spend on marketing?

Invite an expert to the site

to help investigate How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

Find a place online where this issue is being discussed

to help investigate How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

Find out the exact address for the buildings

to help investigate Why have the houses in Naseby Road in Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HL been left to decay for several years?

Put that spreadsheet on a published Google Docs spreadsheet

to help investigate How much does my councillor claim in expenses?

Add background information

to help investigate The number of patients with a history of psychiatric conditions and violence being housed by B'ham City Council in my community.

Add background information

to help investigate How can the Queen save £4million (instead of asking for extra money from the govt)?

Seek clarification on something

to help investigate How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

Bring a friend: invite 2 others to help you

to help investigate How can the Queen save £4million (instead of asking for extra money from the govt)?

Invite 2 people to join this investigation

to help investigate How much does Birmingham City Council spend on PR?

Read Council Budgets for available info

to help investigate How much does Birmingham City Council spend on PR?

Add background information

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Add background information

to help investigate test again

Bring a friend: invite 2 others to help you

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Freedom of Information request to Good Hope hospital

to help investigate How much does Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield make from parking charges?

Add background information

to help investigate Why my doctors have an 0845 number

Report the houses via Empty Homes Agency website

to help investigate Why have the houses in Naseby Road in Alum Rock, Birmingham, B8 3HL been left to decay for several years?

Invite people

to help investigate When will B'ham City Council publish an online map and database of trees with Tree Protection Orders?

Find places online where people talk about this

to help investigate Recruitment and employment practices of cold-calling companies

Add background information

to help investigate Recruitment and employment practices of cold-calling companies

Find out employment law companies should be adhering to

to help investigate Recruitment and employment practices of cold-calling companies

Send some FOIs to Councils

to help investigate Which councils issue the most parking tickets per head of population?

Seek clarification on Birmingham City Council response

to help investigate How much 'covert surveillance' of individuals has been conducted by Midlands councils?

Test out the commenting system

to help investigate How can I get speed bumps put on my road to slow the speeding cars down?

Write the story so far

to help investigate How much 'covert surveillance' of individuals has been conducted by Midlands councils?

Write to your Birmingham City Councillor

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Write to your Birmingham MP requesting Serivce B'ham abide by Freedom of Information Act

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Add background information

to help investigate When is a listed building not a listed building?

Add background information

to help investigate Where does car clamping and its penalty fines mostly take place in Birmingham?

Contact Vodafone

to help investigate Why can mobile phone companies exclude 'long texts' from contracts? And which ones do?

Add background information

to help investigate Why are social networking sites doing so little to defend your privacy?

Add background information

to help investigate Where is Diana really buried?

Add FOI responses

to help investigate Which councils issue the most parking tickets per head of population?

Update spreadsheet with any successful responses to you

to help investigate Which councils issue the most parking tickets per head of population?

Find out the average number of clinicians at your University per 100 students.

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Lewis University notes

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Compile or find a list of universities

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Add background information

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Contact BAHSHE - British Association of Health Services for Students in Higher Education

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Invite someone from BAHSHE to take part

to help investigate How does the healthcare on my University campus compare to the healthcare at other Universities?

Add background information

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Find a list of local newspapers

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Invite a friend

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Clarify the costs

to help investigate How much money does the NSPCC spend on marketing?

What do comparable websites cost, and are they any better?

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Add background information

to help investigate Why aren’t Housing Associations legally obliged to provide information under the Freedom of Information Act?

Find other case studies

to help investigate How can a company change names and leave no contact details, while still taking unagreed amounts from my bank account?

Does the BBC know the difference between evaders and people who don't want a TV?

to help investigate BBC TV Licensing - Do detector vans exist & how many people are unlicensed/prosecuted.

Add background information

to help investigate Is Tunstall Swimming Baths, Stoke on Trent, due to be knocked down as part of the areas regeneration?

Add background information

to help investigate Is E-mail an acceptable form of communication between councillors & constituents?

email contacts to see if this is true

to help investigate Is E-mail an acceptable form of communication between councillors & constituents?

Contact the National Patient Safety Agency

to help investigate Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

Add background information

to help investigate How much is being spent on Birmingham's "bid" for the World Cup?

Invite a friend or expert

to help investigate How much is being spent on Birmingham's "bid" for the World Cup?

Find other studies that also examine intrapartum encephalopathy

to help investigate Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

Speak to the study authors

to help investigate Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

Write some guidance on how someone can go about measuring their local paper's coverage

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Add background information

to help investigate How long can a councillor continue to be on sick leave and still remain in position? - how would they be "removed"?

Add background information

to help investigate Why was Oxford Airport, rebranded as 'London Oxford'

Add background information

to help investigate 35% more public money is spent per head on Londoners compared to those living in the West Midlands. How is this justified?

Find out how much if any compensation is paid out

to help investigate How much does Birmingham City Council spend each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps?

Shall we begin?

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

What was said at the ward meeting 23 Sept 09?

to help investigate When will the long delayed S106A on the Victoria Jubilee Allotments, Handsworth, be implemented

Do a FOI request for NPSA's Retrospective Review

to help investigate Is it less safe to have a baby at night?

Add background information

to help investigate When will B'ham City Council publish an online map and database of trees with Tree Protection Orders?

Add background information

to help investigate What's happening in the £1.5 billion North Solihull regeneration project?

Add background information

to help investigate Why the proposed site for the 'olympic' size swimming pool is not at the Ladywood Arts & Leisure Centre?

Find out what other web development BCC is doing internally and with Service Birmingham

to help investigate When can we expect a new birmingham.gov website?

Add background information

to help investigate (The question you want answering)

Add background information

to help investigate How much is it costing the Royal Mail to send cease and desist letters?

Add background information

to help investigate How much does Birmingham City Council spend each year on compensating drivers of cars damaged by potholes/speed bumps?

Add background information

to help investigate Why is there a giant unused TV screen in Victoria Square, Birmingham?

Email Lenny Henry to ask for support.

to help investigate How can Dudley MBC get away with spending less than £120k on Coseley baths over the last 10 years and - now that the roof really needs repairing - close it without fully investigating other viable funding alternatives ?

Re-Submit FOI with more specific questions.

to help investigate How can Dudley MBC get away with spending less than £120k on Coseley baths over the last 10 years and - now that the roof really needs repairing - close it without fully investigating other viable funding alternatives ?

Add background information

to help investigate What is Birmingham City Council's policy for their employees submitting Freedom of Information requests to Birmingham City Council?

Add background information

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Suggest ways we can test 'organisation' or 'orchestration'

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Visualise #janmoir tweets

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Analyse #janmoir tweets

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Add background information

to help investigate Why can't they just make parking free in Burslem? (Stoke-on-Trent)

Define ‘orchestrated campaign’

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Add background information

to help investigate How much will the NHS/government pay to shut me up (re biggest scandal in history)?

Report back on FoI request

to help investigate What impact have APCOA wardens made on illegal parking in Lichfield District?

Add background information

to help investigate What is happening with the City & Housing Liaison Board in Birmingham?

Archive the Daily Mail comments

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Select your publication

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Add background information

to help investigate How safe is Birmingham for cyclists?

Examine KCC's claim that service standards were failing

to help investigate How can the only emergency night shelter for homeless people in Kent be under the threat of closure, and how might it be saved?

Add background information

to help investigate How much land does the Church own in Preston, Lancashire?

Add background information

to help investigate How much do UK companies and public institutions spend on creating and maintaining websites each year?

Help me map the bicycle accidents

to help investigate How safe is Birmingham for cyclists?

Can business rates support the provision of parking attendants to police short-medium stay parking?

to help investigate Why can't they just make parking free in Burslem? (Stoke-on-Trent)

Find out how much revenue parking brings to the council

to help investigate Why can't they just make parking free in Burslem? (Stoke-on-Trent)

Analyse results from Sandwell

to help investigate How much 'covert surveillance' of individuals has been conducted by Midlands councils?

Analyse results from Coventry

to help investigate How much 'covert surveillance' of individuals has been conducted by Midlands councils?

Add background information

to help investigate What was the background planning into the Birmingham Christmas Light switchon?

Start a blog devoted to the issue

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Add background information

to help investigate How much of the rent charged for University of Birmingham halls is actually spent directly on related costs?

Submit an EIR to find out about the current state of the river

to help investigate What is Bristol City Council doing to improve the state of the river running through the city?

Add background information

to help investigate How many people still buy local newspapers in Bristol?

How could we map these stats?

to help investigate How safe is Birmingham for cyclists?

Use Facebook to invite a friend in a different locality

to help investigate How much local council coverage is there in your local newspaper?

Add background information

to help investigate How well were Birmingham City Council's gritting resources used and how will the council ensure that improvements are made in the future?

Add background information

to help investigate Where are the danger spots for cyclists in Cardiff?

Submit a Freedom of Information request

to help investigate How much do Birmingham City Council spend on bonuses - and who gets the biggest bonuses?

Add background information

to help investigate What do you know about The London Weekly?

Follow the money

to help investigate What do you know about The London Weekly?

What's the story behind the Invincible Group?

to help investigate What do you know about The London Weekly?

Verify the circulation/print run of the London Weekly

to help investigate What do you know about The London Weekly?

Find the job description for councillors (or similar)

to help investigate Can a councillor be allowed to represent his community when he does not attend resident associations in his ward ?

Add background information

to help investigate What is the approximate yearly CO2 emission caused by the visitors of the West Midlands Safari Park?

Compile an archive of #janmoir and Jan Moir tweets

to help investigate How 'organised' or 'orchestrated' was the #janmoir Jan Moir campaign?

Add background information

to help investigate How have the cuts to junior doctor's hours affected NHS Obs&Gynae units?

Add background information

to help investigate How many councils are updating FOI disclosure logs and putting information on FOI or EIR sites as per ICO guidance?

Define 'bare minimum'

to help investigate How many councils are updating FOI disclosure logs and putting information on FOI or EIR sites as per ICO guidance?

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to help investigate What are councils required to do, as a minimum, when responding to FOI requests and updating disclosure logs?

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