UK Minister Warns Next PM Bill of Rights Could Create ‘Hostages to Fortune’

UK Minister Warns Next PM Bill of Rights Could Create ‘Hostages to Fortune’
Britain's Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (L) and former chancellor to the exchequer Rishi Sunak, contenders to become the country's next prime minister, arrive to take part in the BBC's 'The UK's Next Prime Minister: The Debate' in Victoria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, central England, on July 25, 2022. Jacob King/AFP via Getty Images
Chris Summers
Updated:
A British cabinet minister says the first draft of the UK Bill of Rights needs a complete overhaul and has urged Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak to send it back to the drawing board.
Welsh Secretary Robert Buckland—who was replaced as Justice Secretary by Dominic Raab when Boris Johnson had a cabinet reshuffle in September last year—wrote, in the Telegraph, that within the bill “are sown the seeds of danger.”
Chris Summers
Chris Summers
Author
Chris Summers is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories, with a particular interest in crime, policing and the law.
Related Topics