UK bill of rights
Dominic Raab ‘deceptively and deliberately’ undermined me as victims’ tsar, says Vera Baird
Outgoing commissioner says justice secretary expected her to be his ‘puppet on a string’
Alexandra Topping
30, Dec, 2022 @2:08 PM
Sunak’s next U-turn may be to ditch Raab’s bill of rights
Senior Tory MP confident ‘wise heads in No 10’ will lead PM to avoid protracted parliamentary battle
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
08, Dec, 2022 @2:57 PM
Liz Truss halts Dominic Raab’s bill of rights plan
New PM tells cabinet she will rethink how to deliver agenda, as source describes bill as ‘complete mess’
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent
07, Sep, 2022 @2:19 PM
My clients were John Worboys’ victims. The bill of rights would undo their victory | Harriet Wistrich
Dominic Raab’s proposed changes deny rights to hold public bodies to account, as two women did over black-cab rapist case
Harriet Wistrich
04, Sep, 2022 @8:30 AM
The Tory bill of rights is a gift to the world’s tyrants | Letters
Letters: Leaders of repressive regimes will have licence to ignore international human rights standards, warns Mike Cushman. Plus letters from Prof Julian Petley and Margaret Owen
Letters
28, Jun, 2022 @4:58 PM
Labour MP in bid to include right to abortion in British bill of rights
Stella Creasy says she expects MPs to be given free vote on amendment as a matter of conscience
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent
28, Jun, 2022 @2:54 PM
‘False narrative’: campaigners say British bill of rights could undermine free speech
Organisations including Index on Censorship condemn government’s claim a bill would boost freedom of expression
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
22, Jun, 2022 @6:23 PM
A British bill of rights? This draconian plan is a rights removal bill | Sacha Deshmukh
The government’s move to override the European court of human rights will leave UK citizens all the poorer, says Amnesty UK chief executive Sacha Deshmukh
Sacha Deshmukh
22, Jun, 2022 @10:14 AM
Raab says UK bill of rights will stop free speech being ‘whittled away by wokery’
Deputy PM says proposals to replace the Human Rights Act will enable principle of free speech to be a legal ‘trump card’
Nadeem Badshah
25, Mar, 2022 @11:35 PM
Raab’s human rights proposals condemned as ‘blatant power grab’
Justice secretary is facing a number of calls to row back on plans to strengthen power of the state
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
14, Dec, 2021 @5:56 PM
UK bill of rights delayed further by Brexit and supreme court case
Attorney general Jeremy Wright tells Commons the government has a ‘few other things on our plate’ when asked about bill
Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent
09, Dec, 2016 @1:50 PM
Skype, iPads and in-cell education at heart of major prisons shakeup
Prisons education review to be published alongside Queen’s speech that is designed to improve life chances of most disadvantaged in UK
Anushka Asthana Political editor
18, May, 2016 @7:28 AM
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