Last rites for the Bill of Rights

Prisoners Bill rises from the ashes

“In my view the provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Bill are compatible with the convention rights”, the justice secretary Dominic Raab certified yesterday. But is he right? And will his latest legislative reforms do any better than the ill-fated bill he introduced last summer?

Dominic Raab answering MPs’ questions this week

Lifers

If enacted, clause 4…