On Monday the Justice and Security bill came back to a packed Commons at Report stage. The bill extends the secret hearings, known as closed material procedures (CMPs), into the main civil courts in England and Wales. Read the full story

Back in the heady days of May 2010 a Tory and Liberal coalition agreement was produced at break-neck speed.

Section 10 of the agreement was about civil liberties. The preamble stated: “The parties agree to implement a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties under the Labour Government and roll back state intrusion.” The agreement specifically promised the protection of historic freedoms through the defence of trial by jury. Read the full story

Home Secretary Theresa May went to the House of Commons on Wednesday to announce the results of the counter terrorism review which was one of the main commitments of the coalition government. The headline announcement was the proposal to scrap the very controversial control order regime. Read the full story

Home Secretary Theresa May told Parliament yesterday that the government will change how stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act are used, with immediate effect.

The move is in response to a decision by the Read the full story

Control orders under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 impose curfews and travel restrictions on terror suspects who cannot be prosecuted in courts because the evidence against them has been collected by bugging the suspect or because using it could reveal intelligence sources. Read the full story