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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Raab vows to protect free speech from ‘wokery’ with plan to scrap Human Rights Act

PA Wire

Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab has said his plan to replace Labour’s Human Rights Act will would ensure the principle of free speech became a legal “trump card”.

The justice secretary said his proposals would stop free speech and democratic debate from being “whittled away” by “wokery and political correctness”.

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