Authorities vow to curb council tax
By Bob Sherwood, London and South-East Correspondent Two London local authorities have pledged record-breaking council tax curbs, setting up a stark “ideological divide” over the future provision of local services. Councils... [read full story]
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Snooper powers to track parents for child support
Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Surveillance powers to counter terrorism will be used to track absent parents who fail to pay child support, the Government said yesterday. Staff at the Child Maintenance and Enforcement...
Government curbs councils' Ripa powers
Tom Espiner ZDNet UK Published: 04 Nov Local governments will have to cut down on the use of covert-surveillance powers to investigate petty offences such as dog-fouling, the government has said. The Regulation of Investigatory...
Government curbs councils' Ripa powers
Tom Espiner ZDNet UK Published: 04 Nov Local governments will have to cut down on the use of covert-surveillance powers to investigate petty offences such as dog-fouling, the government has said. The Regulation of Investigatory...
Child support investigators get new spying powers
Spying powers designed to combat terrorism and serious crime are to be used to track down absent fathers who do not pay for child support. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission...
Action promised on council spying
The government is to clamp down on the use of covert surveillance techniques by local authorities. Council officers who want to use bugging or undercover detectives will require permission from senior executives, under the...
Government backtracks on another illiberal law
Today's Times reports that local authorities are to have their powers to snoop on the public curbed in another Government u-turn designed to address alarm at the expansion of the surveillance state. Local authorities have used...
Use RIPA for loan sharks, not littering - LGA
LGA press release - 4 November 2009 Commenting on the Government’s response to the consultation into the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, Cllr Les Lawrence, Chairman of the Local Government Association’s Safer...
Councils' surveillance powers curbed
Government rewrites laws to stop local authorities monitoring people for dog fouling or putting bin out on wrong day The "surveillance state" powers of local authorities to snoop on the public are to be curbed under reforms...
Number of local council snoopers clipped
RIPA abuse curtailed The number of local officials who can authorise access to communications records and order surveillance operations will be cut under changes to snooping regulations announced today.… What is your recession...
Town halls set to lose surveillance powers
By Jack Doyle, Press Association Town halls could be stripped of their powers to use surveillance to tackle trivial offences such as dog fouling under plans published today. Home Secretary Alan Johnson is expected to outline...
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