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The Campaign for Freedom of Information (CFOI) has challenged former justice secretary Jack Straw and former civil service head Lord O'Donnell over comments they made to parliament that parts of the Freedom of Information (FoI) act were an "error" and "pernicious". Read More

Jack Straw and a former top spy could appear in court over allegations that Britain was involved in the illegal rendition of two families to Libya in a landmark legal action that will begin next month. Read More

Jack Straw, the Labour MP and former cabinet minister, told the Leveson inquiry into media ethics that he met Rebekah Brooks every week to "gossip" as they shared a train journey from Oxfordshire to London. Read More

Former Cabinet minister Jack Straw has told how he used to "gossip" with Rebekah Brooks on the train every week. Read More

Former cabinet minister Jack Straw today revealed he would share regular chatty train journeys with Rebekah Brooks when she was editor of The Sun. The Labour MP used to sit with Mrs Brooks every Monday morning as they travelled to London from their Oxfordshire homes, he revealed to the Leveson Inquiry on press standards. Read More

Rupert Murdoch liked to "play with political leaders" by tempting them with the possibility that his newspapers would support them, Jack Straw has said. Read More

A man has been bailed after allegedly threatening to kill Home Secretary Theresa May and one of her predecessors Jack Straw, police said today. Read More

Lawyers for a Libyan military commander said Wednesday they are taking civil legal action against Britain's former foreign secretary over claims he approved the Libyan's rendition to face imprisonment and torture by Moammar Gadhafi's regime. Read More

A Libyan military commander is taking legal action against Jack Straw following allegations the former foreign secretary personally permitted his illegal rendition. Read More

Jack Straw, the former cabinet minister, has called for the Freedom of Information Act to be diluted to give the government greater private space for policy making. Read More