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Why the government wants to scrap the Human Rights Act
Justice secretary Dominic Raab wants to replace it with a British Bill of Rights.
For more than a 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.
Guest: Jonathan Ames, Legal Editor, The Times.
Host: Luke Jones.
Clips: Times Radio, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, ITV, Convention of Modern Liberty
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