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Nicholas Cecil

Human rights laws need 'tightening,' says Cabinet minister amid Tory move to quit ECHR to cut immigration

Cabinet minister Steve Reed who says ECHR laws need to be re-examined - (PA Wire)

European human rights laws need “tightening” as Britain seeks to control immigration, says a Cabinet minister.

But Environment Secretary Steve Reed rejecting quitting the European Convention on Human Rights, arguing that such a move would be taking “a sledgehammer to crack this particular nut”.

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