TheyWorkForYou

UK
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TheyWorkForYou is a website that connects citizens with Members of Parliament in the UK. Following a scandal in 2009 when the government sought to have MPs’ expenses claims kept secret, MySociety mobilised voters to send a few thousand individualised emails to MPs demanding transparency in the use of public funds. Soon after this campaign, the UK government agreed to disclose data on MP expenses.

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MySociety in the UK created TheyWorkForYou website to connect citizens and MPs

This was a very large and successful campaign to access public information, but you might have something smaller in mind. Read about how to file an information request.