UK wiretap watchdog wants MPs tapped
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Report casts spotlight on surveillance Britain Official figures have revealed that UK law enforcement agencies and other government agencies made 439,000 requests to tap telephones and email addresses in a 15 month period between 2005 and 2006.â¦
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The telecoms watchdog Ofcom is considering how to regulate firms that let you make calls via the net.
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MPs demand new corruption laws and an end to PM's power of patronage
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The police officer who led the inquiry into cash-for-honours allegations against  parties is to be grilled by MPs.
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MPS who kept Baha Mousa&#39;s case in the public eye last night demanded a wide-ranging investigation into all allegations of brutality by British troops.
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INTERNET and telephone voting should be dumped until ministers get a grip on electoral fraud, sleaze watchdog Sir Alistair Graham warns.  (c) 2007 Liverpool Echo. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.
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A House of Commons disciplinary panel on Tuesday called for the suspension of a lawmaker who was accused of concealing his financial dealings with Saddam Hussein's government.
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Turkish and European MPs demand transparency in the trial of 19 people accused of murdering Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
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David Blunkett is being urged to bring forward plans to allow phone-tapping evidence in UK courts so trials of foreign terror suspects can go ahead.
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An MP urges a phone mast planning row to be referred to the House of Lords after an Appeal Court setback.
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As the Senate contemplates whether to grant immunity to companies that helped the government with its secret eavesdropping programs, Wired is asking readers to call key senators to see where they stand on spying immunity.
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Italy's justice minister probes whether government officials knew of an alleged spy ring at Telecom Italia.             has started an investigation into whether government officials were involved in an alleged wire-tapping scandal at Telecom Italia.
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Launches inquiry into alleged snooping on Sadiq Khan The UK Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, told MPs today that the alleged bugging of a prominent Muslim MP's conversations with a constituent had not been authorised by the cabinet.â¦
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An MP calls for nail bar regulation and a ban on a potentially harmful chemical used in outlets.
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Less bureaucracy, more clarity, more bugging The government should "urgently initiate" a review of the Codes of Practice for police use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), says Sir Ronnie Flanagan, Chief Inspector of Constabulary in his review of UK policing. RIPA governs the security services' use of surveillance and interception of communications, but police activities in these areas are sometimes hampered by "excessive bureaucracy" and "over-interpretation of the relevant rules", Flanagan claims.â¦
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There was specific intelligence about an al-Qaeda threat to Parliament it emerges, after another security breach.
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MPs express concern about critical comments made by the Afghan president about the UK.