Paul Stuart and Paul Mitchell report on Labour’s proposals to hugely increase state surveillance. They describe the government’s implementation of new measures under the pretext of the “war on terror” which will intrude ever deeper into the private lives of people who are viewed as potential criminals rather than citizens.

The European Court of Human Rights has fined the British Government €7,500 for violating the right to privacy of the civil liberties organisation Libertyby intercepting their communications. Joe Fay reports

A surveillance society simply does not work, says Mick Meaney - but it is expensive.

From telephone records to biometric passports, from travel patterns to shopping details, it is now possible to build an unimaginably detailed picture of our private lives. Gathering this data without our express permission is not just unaccountable, argues Ben Hayes, but poses a threat to the fabric of our democracy.