Category: European court of human rights

No 10 publishes list of 34 new political peerages including 25 Labour, five Liberal Democrats and three Conservatives – UK politics live

Downing Street publishes list including ex-Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies and Iceland supermarket chief Richard Walker Reeves is now being asked about the leak to the Financial Times on 13 November saying that Reeves had dropped...

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UK celebrities including Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea urge PM not to weaken torture protections

Public figures sign letter saying plan to reinterpret ECHR for asylum seekers is ‘affront to us all’ and a threat to securityThe actors Michael Palin, Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley are among 21 well-known figures...

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Home Office says past ‘hesitancy’ over removal of families and children of failed asylum seekers was wrong – live

Labour MP calls government’s asylum plans ‘dystopian’ amid backlash over ‘cruel’ policyMomentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the government’s asylum plans. In a statement it...

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Labour accused of ‘performative cruelty’ over asylum plans – UK politics live

SNP and Plaid Cymru say government facilitating Farage’s agenda with proposals to drastically tighten rulesMomentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the government’s asylum plans. In a statement it...

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Starmer facing growing backlash from Labour MPs as Mahmood sets out asylum plans – UK politics live

Home secretary to announce a drastic tightening of rules, including requiring asylum seekers to wait 20 years before getting the right to permanently settle in UKMomentum, the leftwing Labour group, has also denounced the...

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MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – UK politics live

Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable…the very people who need it most’Mark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a peer, and a...

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Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is seen as the favourite and, as Jessica Elgot reports, Powell...

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Tory plan to abolish stamp duty ‘will benefit London and the wealthiest the most’ – UK politics live

The Social Market Foundation thinktank says council tax reform and a property-based tax would be more sustainable and fairerVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons leader, is...

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Tories would abolish stamp duty, Badenoch tells party conference – UK politics live

Party leader says measure is a ‘bad tax’ and scrapping it would free up the housing market and improve social mobilityVoting in the Labour deputy leadership election opens today. Lucy Powell, the former Commons...

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Pro-Palestine marches have become ‘carnivals of hatred’, Badenoch tells Tory conference – UK politics live

Party leader says Britain has allowed extremism to go uncheckedThe polling firm Opinium has released some research this morning suggesting that some Conservative party policies are popular with voters – but that, if people...

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Tory conference to open as Home Office announces plan to strengthen anti-protest laws – UK politics live

New measures will make it easier for police to stop protests by considering ‘cumulative’ effect of demonstrationsThe polling firm Opinium has released some research this morning suggesting that some Conservative...

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