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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Chief political correspondent

Liz Truss halts Dominic Raab’s bill of rights plan

The bill was Raab’s flagship policy as justice secretary.
The bill was Dominic Raab’s flagship policy as justice secretary. Photograph: Hannah McKay/Reuters

Liz Truss has pulled plans to enact a new bill of rights in one of her first acts as prime minister, the Guardian understands, telling the cabinet her government would reassess ways to deliver its agenda.

The bill was the flagship policy of the outgoing justice secretary, Dominic Raab, who was dismissed by Truss on Tuesday after backing her rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative leadership election.

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