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HILLSBOROUGH proved that the Human Rights Act is ordinary people’s last resort when justice fails, campaigners said this morning as they launched a campaign to protect the law.
The coalition of over 130 civil society organisations stated it would fight against Tory plans to abolish the Act and replace it with a weaker “British Bill of Rights.”
Among the signatories stood trade union giants TUC, Unite and PCS, as well as human rights groups Amnesty International and Reprieve, LGBT rights campaign Stonewall and domestic violence charity Refuge.
ADRIAN WEIR charts the intercontinental trade union solidarity with Cuba and its desperate predicament
The unions are unhappy with the Employment Rights Act 2025 and with good reason. KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC take a close look at why the Bill promised more than it delivered
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE