MPs told of ‘suspicions’ of UK-wide spying on journalists by police

Seamus Dooley of the NUJ and journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey (UK Parliament/PA) -

Suspicions exist that police forces across the UK have been involved in spying on journalists, MPs have been told.

Two Belfast journalists told the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee that their experience of covert surveillance showed a public inquiry was needed, describing it as an “attack on democracy”.