Councils told to stop snooping
Councils are to be ordered to stop using controversial snooping laws to investigate petty offences such as dog fouling, littering and breaches of school admissions policies.
Councils urged to stop snooping over 'trivial' offences
Town hall leaders were warned by the head of the Local Government Association (LGA) they risked alienating the public and being stripped of the right to use spying methods.
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Not before time! This kind of surveillance has echoes of Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia.
