'Snooper's charter': Theresa May faces calls to improve bill to protect privacy

Senior Tories and opposition MPs demand tighter controls in legislation that will overhaul state's surveillance powers

Theresa May is facing calls from senior Tories and the opposition to improve the investigatory powers bill to allay concerns about privacy.

In a debate for the second reading of the bill, Ken Clarke, the Conservative former home secretary, and Dominic Grieve, the Tory former attorney general, suggested there could be improvements to the new laws that overhaul the state's surveillance powers.