We’re not prepared for the potentially dystopian future of home working
Are we enjoying working at home freedoms, or are we living at work? That is the discussion increasingly…
Surveillance
This new government bill is a cynical attack on your privacy rights
Three fundamental principles of data protection – lawfulness, fairness and transparency – have been recognised in UK law…
Burnham threatens to pull Labour’s support for Snoopers’ Charter
Labour could pull its support from the Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill, if its demands for greater privacy safeguards…
Snoopers’ charter is a direct threat to trade union freedoms
When the police search a house they no longer look under the bed or behind the fridge, but…
Labour must not give the Snooper’s Charter an easy ride
Just hours after the election result was confirmed last week the Tories announced the return of the Draft…
Why the union movement should be worried about mass surveillance
“It doesn’t bother me, I’ve got nothing to hide.” Many people take the attitude that mass surveillance doesn’t…
Majority of LabourList readers opposed to Emergency Surveillance measures
Earlier this week, MPs voted through emergency legislation on new surveillance measures. Due to the nature of the…
Ed Miliband’s civil liberties credentials are now in tatters
Last night MPs overwhelmingly voted for the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Bill in a so-called ‘emergency’ that…
Surveillance – do MPs really know what they’re voting for?
By Neal Lawson and Andrew Noakes We are losing our rights, our freedoms and a Parliament that acts with…
Labour is breaking from the past on civil liberties
It’s been more than three years since Ed Miliband trumpeted his liberal credentials after winning the Labour Party…
