Britain 'sleepwalking' into big-brother state, watchdog warns
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Britain is "sleepwalking into a surveillance society" because of government plans to introduce ID cards and a population register, the nation's information watchdog was quoted as saying.
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LONDON -- Britain's new security chief warned yesterday that the battle against domestic militancy could take up to 15 years and said Britons must start sharing information about neighbors they suspect of involvement in terrorism.
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Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg accuses Gordon Brown of turning Britain into a "surveillance state".
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Britons want speedier reforms of public sector services, according to a report  by the CBI business group.
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TV shows like Big Brother can humiliate people "for public entertainment", the Church of England warns.
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Britain said Friday it was &quot;getting to the bottom&quot; of a militant cell behind last week&#39;s failed attacks, amid tight security ahead of the anniversary of London&#39;s July 2005 suicide bombings.
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Britain warned that the credibility of NATO was at stake in Afghanistan after it was surprised by the strength of resisitance from the Taliban, the country's hardline former rulers.
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Britain's security is at risk because of a loss of self-confidence, says a leading defence think tank.
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The government's 'scramble to build new prisons' threatens to move the UK towards a system of 'large-scale penal containment' which would mean worse as well as more jails, the chief inspector of prisons warns today
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Government bodies have lost tens of millions of pounds in debts and fraud, a spending watchdog says.
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Britain has warned that the credibility of NATO is at stake in Afghanistan after it was surprised by the strength of resisitance from the Taliban, the country's hardline former rulers.
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Report for British regulator calls for wireless technology to be more strictly controlled than in United States.
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Britain's new security chief warned on Sunday that the battle against domestic militancy could take up to 15 years, and said Britons must start sharing information about neighbors they suspect of involvement in terrorism.
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Tough new laws on terrorism could be passed if Labour wins a third term in power, Home Secretary David Blunkett has indicated. Mr Blunkett said officials were looking at a range of measures - from jury-less
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The proliferation of chain stores is turning the UK into a series of  "clone towns", a think tank warns.
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Watchdog rules Celebrity Big Brother contravened broadcasting code over alleged racist bullying.
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The head of the CBI says the system designed to ensure financial stability has tarnished the UK's reputation.