Ireland Proposes Giving Police New Digital Surveillance Powers
This is coming:
The Irish government is planning to bolster its police’s ability to intercept communications, including encrypted messages, and provide a legal basis for spyware use.
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Tories withdraw ‘mental health’ briefing about Suella Braverman after former Tory home secretary joins Reform – UK politics live
Her defection means there are now eight Reform MPs in the CommonsKeir Starmer was being interview by Beth Rigby from Sky News this morning when he defended the decision not to let Andy Burnham be a byelection candidate.After Starmer delivered his first…
Police in England and Wales to get new strict emergency response time limits
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Poorly performing police forces to be named and shamed under new plans
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Former UK police informer convicted of 38 paedophile offences jailed for life
Judge described Nick Gratwick’s crimes – which included plotting to rape children as young as six – as ‘the stuff of nightmares’A “dangerous” paedophile who had worked as a police informer spying on environmental and animal rights activists has been ja…
UK politics: Trump’s Nato claims ‘insulting and frankly appalling’, says Starmer –as it happened
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Police block Ukip march through Tower Hamlets over violence fears
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UK arresting Palestine Action supporters is censoring free speech, says US official
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