Nick Clegg: dragnet surveillance to continue under snooper's charter

Former deputy prime minister warns draft investigatory powers bill enables Russian-style 'collection of everything on everyone'

Britain's intelligence agencies will be allowed to continue with a Russian-style "dragnet approach" to the bulk collection of data under the government's proposed snooper's charter, Nick Clegg has warned.

The former deputy prime minister highlighted a "great congregation of concern" across the political spectrum after Theresa May published the draft investigatory powers bill. It would allow the security agencies to access the internet browsing histories of UK citizens for up to 12 months and establish a new legal framework for tracking web and phone use.