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Dozens of civil liberties campaigners and legal professionals are calling for an inquiry into the UK’s data protection watchdog, after what they describe as “a collapse…

The world is producing more oil than it needs and by next year there could be a glut of 4m excess barrels a day entering the…

The Trump administration has launched its most direct attempt yet to shut down the top US consumer watchdog, arguing the current funding mechanism behind the Consumer…

A top federal prosecutor’s use of an encrypted messaging application with messages set to be automatically deleted after eight hours was potentially illegal, two watchdog groups…

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. A Washington-based watchdog is…

Cuts to education in prisons are derailing offenders’ work and training and ultimately endangering the public, the prisons watchdog has warned.Repeat offenders “cause mayhem” in their…

The much-criticised watchdog that scrutinises the jobs UK ministers can take after leaving office will be formally scrapped on Monday as part of a wider shake-up…

Google faces enforced changes to its UK search business after the competition watchdog conferred a special status on the company that puts it under tighter regulation.The…

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop the abuse of contacts and access made in public office, an ethics watchdog has found.Last month the Guardian published…

Nearly 90% of cases before the family courts in England and Wales show evidence of domestic abuse, a watchdog has disclosed.Physical, psychological or sexual abuse of…