What is the Human Rights Act? Why Dominic Raab wants to bin it - and what it means for you

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DOMINIC RAAB made headlines over the weekend when he announced planned reformation of the Human Rights Act, landmark legislation from 1998 that incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into British law. What is the Human Rights Act, and why does Dominic Raab want to axe it?

Any agreed rules, Mr Raab said, would tighten around preventing incitement of violence and promotion of terrorism.

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