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UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says
Conservative Party plans to leave the European Convention on Human Rights to enable stricter immigration controls, veteran protections, and social housing policies, with 54% of Tory voters supporting withdrawal.
- Ahead of the Manchester conference, Kemi Badenoch will present Lord Wolfson's 'Lawfare Commission' report to her shadow cabinet, signaling a potential withdrawal from the ECHR if the next election is won.
- Lord Wolfson of Tredegar KC found the ECHR places significant constraints on borders, veterans, sentencing, and social housing after applying five key tests commissioned by Kemi Badenoch.
- The nearly 200-page report found membership could limit climate policy, expose armed forces veterans to legal action, affect social housing and public services, and warned of `debilitating` ECHR-based legal challenges.
- Labour said Kemi Badenoch adopted a policy she previously opposed and yielded to Reform UK pressure, while Lord Wolfson has only shared his report with a few trusted people as shadow cabinet consultation looms.
- The report also considers that withdrawal could isolate the UK and breach agreements, despite Wolfson advising that these are not barriers, critics warned of risks to the Good Friday Agreement and trade deal.
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Conservatives to take UK out of ECHR if it wins election, Badenoch announces
Shadow attorney general Baron Wolfson of Tredegar KC tells Tory leader ECHR restricts Government policy but warns withdrawal is not a ‘panacea’.
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