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Tories still look for pretexts to alter Human Rights Act
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A view of Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, which is being used by the government to house people seeking asylum in Britain
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Andy Burnham’s growing stature has fuelled hopes of a Labour revival – but ALAN SIMPSON warns that Britain’s crisis runs far deeper than just its leadership and traces its roots to decades of financialised capitalism
A SEVEN-WEEK open invitation to offer recommendations as part of an independent review of the Human Rights Act ended yesterday, in a measure that could be a pretext to making changes to the law.
Except in cases where anonymity has been requested, the submissions are expected to be published on the government’s website in due course.
The government’s announcement in December that it was launching a review of the UK Human Rights Act was met with some surprise and exasperation given the scale of other, greater priorities such as the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts.
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