Britons accused of committing crime in Europe should not be sent abroad to languish in prison for long periods before going on trial, a report on extradition law says... more
Two serious criminals from Somalia were spared deportation after a ruling by European judges which could allow dozens more foreign offenders to stay in Britain... more
Ken Clarke admits that human rights laws usually benefit 'rather unpleasant people' as he insists Government has no choice but to give prisoners the vote... more
There has been a small but significant increase in unemployment: in the three months to the end of November, it rose by 49,000 to almost 2.5million (7.9 per cent)... more
Downing Street hopes to secure a compromise over votes for prisoners as David Cameron attempts to avoid his first Commons defeat since taking power... more
Three London couples launch their legal bid at the European Court of Human Rights to overturn the 'discriminatory' twin bans on same-sex marriages and opposite-sex civil partnerships
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Partner of murdered Rachel Nickell said he would take his compensation claim against the Metropolitan Police to the European Court of Human Rights... more
Senior Tory MP urges the Government to give MPs the option to defy a demand by the European Court of Human Rights to give prisoners in Britain the vote... more
Government could be forced to pay more than £50 million in compensation after preventing prisoners voting in the general election, legal experts said... more
More than half a million retired Britons living abroad could be in line for Government payouts if a group fighting a legal battle over pension rights win their case ... more
Hackney MP Diane Abbott is to offer advice to constituents on how to get their DNA profiles wiped from the national database after shadow immigration minister Damian Green won the battle to have his removed this week... more
DNA samples of up to a million people held by police on a national database may have to be destroyed after the Government lost a landmark European legal ruling ... more
A mother denied an inquest by the Government into the death of her son who was shot by police is taking her case to the European Court of Human Rights... more
A computer geek who hacked into top secret US military networks will be extradited to America within a fortnight to face trial after he lost his last-ditch legal appeal... more
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