GCHQ was rebuked for ignoring spy law safeguards as pandemic hit Britain

Auditor IPCO flagged it up - but then approved 99.94% of state snooping

Former foreign secretary Dominic Raab rebuked GCHQ for secretly halting internal compliance audits that ensured the spy agency was obeying the law, a government report has revealed - while just 0.06 per cent of spying requests made by Britain's public sector were refused by its supposed overseer....