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A mobile billboard van, commissioned by human rights organisation Liberty, outside the Houses of Parliamen as part of its campaign against the government's proposed scrapping of the Human Rights Act, in May 2022
THE proposed “Bill of rights,” described by human rights groups as a “Tory power grab,” has reportedly been shelved by Liz Truss.
The legislation, which aimed to replace the Human Rights Act, had been championed by former justice secretary Dominic Raab, who was left out of the new Prime Minister’s Cabinet earlier this week.
Within hours of his Mr Raab’s ousting, Ms Truss is said to have told her top ministers that the plans had been pulled.
JOHN GREEN argues that the spreading practice of closing bank account without proof of criminality is an infringement of an elementary human right
ANSELM ELDERGILL draws attention to a legal case on Tuesday in which a human rights group is challenging the government’s decision to allow the sale of weapons used against Palestinians
Secret consultation documents finally released after the Morning Star’s two-year freedom of information battle show the Home Office misrepresented public opinion, claiming support for policies that most respondents actually strongly criticised as dangerous and unfair, writes SOLOMON HUGHES