Ministers have not made 'conclusive case' for new web snooping powers

Critical report from parliamentary committee increases pressure on home secretary Theresa May to rewrite so-called snooper's charter bill

The home secretary has yet to make a conclusive case for giving spying agencies new snooping powers to track the web browsing histories of all British citizens, a key committee of peers and MPs has concluded.

The third critical report from a parliamentary committee in three weeks increases the pressure on Theresa May to rewrite substantial parts of her so-called snooper's charter introduced after Edward Snowden's disclosures of mass surveillance.