MP's motion backing public photography in UK

"An Early Day Motion has been tabled by an MP fighting to protect the rights of photographers.

Former journalist Austin Mitchell, Labour member for Great Grimsby, put forward the motion entitled 'Photography in Public Areas', calling for support for snapping away in public. He has so far been backed with 107 signatures.

In it, he calls on the House to "deplore the apparent rise in the number of reported incidents in which the police, police community support officers or wardens attempt to stop street photography""...more