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October 21, 2014

Boris Johnson asked by London Assembly to make police seek ‘judicial approval’ to view journalist call records

By William Turvill

London mayor Boris Johnson is to be asked whether he will ensure the Metropolitan Police seeks judicial approval to access journalists’ phone records rather than using the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.

Johnson told the London Press Club Ball on 9 October that “we are going to have to insist in future the police will not be able to see a journalist’s phone records without some kind of prior judicial approval”.

As Mayor of London Johnson has responsibility for holding the Met Police to account (the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime replaced the London police authority in 2012).

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