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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, 91Èȱ¬, ITV, Convention of Modern Liberty

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7 months left to listen

30 minutes