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Spycops Bill: Labour peers push for removal of ‘ominous’ threats to trade unions
spycops protesters 4/4/18
LABOUR peers are seeking to remove a clause in the Spycops Bill which trade unions fear could allow state agents to commit crimes to disrupt industrial action.
If the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS) Bill is passed, undercover agents would be allowed to commit crimes “in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom.”
Trade unions argue that this could implicate aspects of legitimate union activity.
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