A new £800m research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings will be exempt from transparency laws because there is 'too much public interest' in how it spends its money.
The Advanced Research and Innovation Agency (ARIA) will be able to keep its work secret from the public, and won't have to comply with Freedom of Information Laws.
Tom Brake, Director of Unlock Democracy asked Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to set out the justification for the secrecy.
In response, an official from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) said: "Despite its size, ARIA will be very much in the public eye.
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