UK ministers ‘trying to avoid scrutiny’ by releasing 150 documents in 48 hours

Exclusive: Labour says record number of disclosures before Easter recess is effort to evade accountability

Labour has accused ministers of being “desperate to avoid scrutiny” after government departments published a record number of “transparency disclosures” over a 48-hour period before parliament rose for the Easter break.

The Cabinet Office website shows that 150 documents were released over 30-31 March, more than in the previous 44 days and beating the previous record, set exactly a year ago, when there was a data dump of 120 documents just before recess.