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GCHQ spies join Downing Street 'cell' to give Boris Johnson minute-by-minute intelligence on people’s movements to see if public is complying with lockdown

•GCHQ analysts access mobile data to track public movement during lockdown
•Online job searches are also being analysed to assess impact on employment
•Analysis may have helped influence decision to extend furlough to March 2021

GCHQ has joined a Downing Street 'cell' which is able to give Boris Johnson minute-by-minute intelligence on people's movements to see if they're complying with lockdown, it has been revealed.

Analysts at the Government's intelligence and security body have been deployed to work with the Cabinet Office as they ply through data that gives up-to-the-minute reports on public behaviour, along with internet searches for holidays and jobs.

The data can reportedly be used to reflect on the current employment market, as well as helping to decide whether England will need to extend its national lockdown.

... A source told the paper the set up has allowed for 'better policymaking,' during the pandemic, and will likely influence Boris Johnson's decision on whether to extend lockdown beyond December 2.

According to The Telegraph, the GCHQ unit's work at the Cabinet Office has helped Mr Johnson by filtering data to the most important information he requires to make key decisions.

By referring to data for online job searches, GCHQ can provide a report on the threat to employment posed by Covid-19 in a shorter space of time than the Office for National Statistics.

It has also worked to secure and anonymise data from the NHS Test and Trace app, so it cannot be accessed by hostile states.

Jeremy Fleming, GCHQ’s director, revealed in the summer that the agency was involved in the Government's response to the pandemic. (read more)

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