Monday, 26 January 2015

The snoopers' charter returns - Politics.co.uk

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"What's outrageous is that parliament has looked at this legislation, rejected it, said it was not fit for purpose and will breach fundamental human rights - but this group of peers has gone ahead and attempted to amend legislation anyway" 

Snoopers' charter

Latest snoopers' charter attempt shows how desperate police have become

Snoopers' charter: Major powers would give authorities access to real-time communications data

Four peers have copied-and-pasted the snoopers' charter into a pre-existing bill, hoping to smuggle it through parliament

Comment: They're smuggling the snoopers' charter into law – but we don't even need it

Snoopers' charter: Smuggled in through the backdoor

The struggle to get the snoopers' charter onto the statute book goes against what we know about anti-terrorism

The MoJ spin-doctor process

Revealed: The MoJ's ten-step spin doctor process

The MoJ's process for answering parliamentary questions is eye-wateringly complex

MPs are questioning the number of spin doctors checking over government pronouncements before they are released, after a leaked memo revealed just how many Ministry of Justice (MoJ) officials check answers given to parliamentarians.

Parliament's digital look

Parliament needs a 'rebrand' - so it's going for the digital look

Phones in parliament: The authorities are now realising there might be something in this

Parliament hopes embracing the internet will make its politicians more popular – but the digital upheaval it hopes will silence the critics risks backfiring.

Help to Buy mortgage guarantee helping 10% of first-time buyers

The first year of the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme has seen almost 30,300 home loans completed with the help of the initiative.

NASUWT comments on public accounts committee report into education and training participation

Chris Keates: 'The NASUWT has warned consistently that the issues highlighted by the Public Accounts Committee today would be the inevitable result of Coalition Government policy'.

BASC and National Crime Agency collaborate to provide firearms security advice

Advice for firearms certificate holders on protecting their firearms from theft has been published by the UK’s largest shooting organisation, the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC), the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the police.

Five things to look out for in 2015 – and three things we hope won’t happen!

Last year proved to be an eventful and highly successful one for the industry. In the first full year of market recovery since the credit crunch, mortgage lending grew by more than 15%.

NCC welcomes Carbon Monoxide Parliamentary Report

The NCC Product Approval Scheme, which ensures that a CO alarm is fitted in new caravans and other leisure vehicles, is featured in a new Parliamentary Report into carbon monoxide.

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