Broadband bills will have to increase to pay for snooper's charter, MPs are warned

ISPs tell Commons select committee that 175m budgeted by government for implementation will not cover 'massive costs' of collecting everyone's data

Consumers' broadband bills will have to go up if the investigatory powers bill is passed due to the "massive cost" of implementation, MPs have been warned.

Internet service providers (ISP) told a Commons select committee that the legislation, commonly known as the snooper's charter, does not properly acknowledge the "sheer quantity" of data generated by a typical internet user, nor the basic difficulty of distinguishing between content and metadata.