Category: Human Rights Act

Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’

Starmer blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHRKeir Starmer has said he will look at how international law is being interpreted by British courts in an effort to...

Read More

Jack Straw urges Labour not to panic about threat of Nigel Farage

Former home secretary praises Keir Starmer’s success on world stage and says PM can win over sceptical UK publicKeir Starmer and his ministers must not “panic” about the threat of Nigel Farage, the former home...

Read More

Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

Many of his supporters hoped the Prime Minister would restore the UK’s commitment to international law. Yet Labour’s record over the past year has been curiously mixed The international human rights system –...

Read More

Rwanda bill: legislation passes third reading as rightwing rebellion recedes – UK politics live

The third reading of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) bill passed by 320 votes to 276, a majority of 44Rishi Sunak starts with the usual spiel about his engagements, and how he has got meetings with colleagues.Rishi...

Read More

Rwanda bill: threat of major Tory rebellion recedes with only ‘small number’ reported to be voting against it – UK politics live

Tory rebels have told reporters only a handful of their number will vote against the Rwanda bill at third readingRishi Sunak starts with the usual spiel about his engagements, and how he has got meetings with colleagues.Rishi...

Read More

Rishi Sunak says he will pass emergency law declaring Rwanda is a safe country after supreme court ruling – UK politics live

Once this legislation is passed, Sunak says, he will not let the European court of human rights stop flights to RwandaReed says the court has had to decide whether the Rwanda policy breaches the non-refoulement rule.The policy...

Read More

Rishi Sunak ‘working on new Rwanda treaty’ after deportation policy ruled unlawful – UK politics live

Prime minister says he is prepared to ‘revisit legal frameworks’ to stop the boats as supreme court says policy is unlawfulReed says the court has had to decide whether the Rwanda policy breaches the non-refoulement...

Read More
Loading

Breaking News

prev next