Human rights U-turn; Labour decides not to change law - and blames police and officials for the chaos. From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: June 23, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JAMES SLACK

LABOUR is preparing to make a huge U-turn by ditching plans to change the Human Rights Act.

Instead of facing up to the chaos caused by the law, ministers will blame the police, Parole Board and laws predating their time in power.

But the Act was passed in 1998, a year after Labour was elected.

The strategy is to protect Tony Blair from embarrassment after he blamed the Act for release of killers and the Government's f...

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