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7 Jun 2017

May says she may scrap human rights laws

Political Editor

From London to Scotland, from the Midlands to North Wales: it’s been a hectic last day of campaigning ahead of tomorrow’s election. For Theresa May, who began before dawn at a meat market, the issue of security has been at the very forefront, after she declared she would tear up human rights laws if they impeded the fight against terrorism – a statement which has alarmed civil liberties groups.