Time to kill the bill

MPs and peers say Bill of Rights Bill should go no further

Parliament’s joint committee on human rights has said the government “should not proceed” with the Bill of Rights Bill introduced by the justice secretary Dominic Raab last June. The bill has never been debated in parliament.

In a report published this morning, MPs and peers say that Raab’s bill:

• weakens rights protections;

• undermines the universality of …