Government defiant over 42-day plan

The Government will press ahead with plans for 42-day terror detention - despite claims that the measure is already "dead".

The House of Lords is expected to reject the controversial extension by an overwhelming margin when it votes later on Monday.

And former shadow home secretary David Davis - who resigned as an MP to highlight the threat to civil liberties - said he did not believe Labour backbenchers would support using the Parliament Act to force it through.

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