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• Michael Gove to proceed with Tories' plans to scrap human rights act

  10-05-2015 22:26
  
  Newly appointed justice secretary to follow through with pledge which would remove European court of human rights’ leverage over UK’s supreme courtMichael Gove, the new justice secretary, is to press ahead with plans to scrap the human rights act which could see Britain pull out of the European convention on human rights (ECHR) if the reforms are rejected by Strasbourg.Tory sources said that Gove, who was promoted to the post even though he has previously voiced his support for capital punis
  
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• Michael Gove bounces back from demotion to lead Tory justice changes

  10-05-2015 20:25
  
  Legal profession may be wary and there is potential for tension with Theresa May, but hawkish Gove is appreciated by Tory rightLess than a year ago, commentators were writing Michael Gove’s political obituary as he suffered a humiliating demotion from education secretary to chief whip.Over the four years of his tenure in education he had become known for getting potentially unpopular things done in Whitehall: overhauling the curriculum in pursuit of academic rigour and embarking on his pet pro
  
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• The Guardian view on the return of the snoopers’ charter: no balance of power | Editorial

  10-05-2015 20:06
  
  Britain and France go in one direction; Germany and the US the other. In the debate about data retention, politics is getting privacy and security mixed upThe advocates of untrammelled monitoring of communications as a weapon to deal with terrorist threats suffered reverses in America and Germany last week. Yet in France they won an important victory, while in Britain the new Cameron government seems likely to take a French path when it revives the communications data bill.This asymmetry illustr
  
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• Scotland tops league for gay rights

  10-05-2015 19:30
  
  Report by human rights association shows Scotland is fairest nation in Europe in terms of legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people
  Gay rights campaigners have welcomed a report showing that Scotland is the best country in Europe for LGBTI legal equality. The 2015 Rainbow Europe Index was compiled by ILGA-Europe, an international human rights association. According to the findings, Scotland now comes ahead of the rest of the UK and Europe in the legal protecti
  
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• Conservatives to push forward on manifesto and scrap Human Rights Act

  10-05-2015 14:58
  
  PM to capitalise on majority with raft of legislation in Queen’s speech on 27 May including EU referendum and repeal of act by new justice secretary Michael Gove
  David Cameron is to move fast to capitalise on his general election victory by introducing key elements in the Tory manifesto for an EU referendum and the scrapping of the Human Rights Act that will be overseen by Michael Gove.As Labour is distracted by contests for the leadership and deputy leadership of the party, the prime minister
  
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• EU draws up plans for military attacks on Libya targets to stop migrant boats

  10-05-2015 09:05
  
  Britain drafting UN security council resolution that would authorise mission to hit vessels used by human traffickers for dash across Mediterranean
  The European Union has drawn up plans for military attacks in Libya to try to curb the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean by targeting the trafficking networks. It is to launch a bid on Monday to secure a UN mandate for armed action in Libya’s territorial waters.
  Britain is drafting the UN security council resolution that would authorise t
  
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• EU considers military attacks on targets in Libya to stop migrant boats

  10-05-2015 08:57
  
  Member states drawing up strategy to target vessels used by human traffickers for dash across Mediterranean as Brussels pushes for for EU-wide refugee dealThe European Union has drawn up plans that could involve military attacks in Libya to try to curb the influx of migrants across the Mediterranean by targeting the trafficking networks. It is to launch a bid on Monday to secure a UN mandate for armed action in Libya’s territorial waters.
  Britain was drafting a UN security council resolution t
  
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• Gove is lord chancellor as Cameron squares up for a fight

  10-05-2015 07:16 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Second consecutive non-lawyer appointed to see through human rights reform.
  
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