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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone

New UK ‘bill of rights’ exempts government from free speech protections

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Boris Johnson‘s new “bill of rights” exempts the government itself from having to comply with its new free speech protections, legal experts have warned.

Justice secretary Dominic Raab said last week that the new charter would stop free speech from being “whittled away” by “wokery and political correctness”.

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