Why the government wants to scrap the Human Rights Act
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 July 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
For more than decade, justice secretary and deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has wanted to ditch the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. Now he’s finally got his chance. We examine what’s in the proposed Bill, and The Times’ legal editor dishes out the controversy ratings.
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