Daily Mail – Labour U-turn on Big Brother state: Plan to log all texts and internet searches on hold
Alex Deane, director of anti-snooping campaign group Big Brother Watch, said: 'The Intercept Modernisation Programme is an enormous and unwarranted intrusion into every aspect of our private lives.
'This delay offers the perfect opportunity to the Conservative Party – to firmly pledge never to introduce any aspect of this illiberal snoopers' charter.'
Daily Express – Army of snoops recruited to spy on neighbours
Alex Deane, director of pressure group Big Brother Watch, warned: “An Orwellian big-brother culture depends on everyone spying on everyone else – just as Harrow has planned.”
Daily Telegraph – Every phone call, email and internet click stored by 'state spying' databases
Alex Deane, Director of Big Brother Watch, said it was an "enormous and unwarranted intrusion into every aspect of our private lives" and said that the laws are in effect an "illiberal snoopers' charter."
The Herald – Council's plan for 'snooper' squad
Wigan Observer – 'Neighbourhood Champion' scheme comes under fire
Darlington and Stockton Times - Council’s plan for snooper squad
Daily Telegraph – Council accused of recruiting army of 2,000 'snoopers'
But Alex Deane, director of campaign group Big Brother Watch, said the ''Orwellian'' scheme would create an ''army of council snoopers''.
He said: ''So now councils are trying to get us to spy on one another. If they're successful it will lead to even less trust and ever more surveillance."
A full run-down of the media coverage for this month is available here.