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Brexit didn’t solve Britain’s woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn’t it?

As Reform gathers for its conference, momentum builds for ditching the European convention on human rights. It would be a disaster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

European court faults France for failings on sexual consent laws

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that France had violated the European Convention on Human Rights in a case involving a pharmacist accused of forcing a colleague into a sadomasochistic relationship.

Radio France Internationale

‘I won’t stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea’: Cooper attacks Farage and Badenoch’s migrant crackdown calls

The home secretary insisted the government will ‘get on with the hard graft, roll up our sleeves and do it step by step’

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Public’s help sought in review of murder of 10-year-old boy in Belfast in 1973

Schoolboy Brian McDermott’s remains were recovered from the River Lagan after he disappeared from Ormeau Park on Sunday September 2 1973.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper pauses new refugee family reunions in fresh asylum crackdown

Charities warn the changes will ‘push more desperate people into the arms of smugglers in an effort to reunite with loved ones’

The Independent UK

Report that rejects claim NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR sparks debate

Amnesty has said for the UK to repudiate the European Convention on Human Rights would be a ‘serious breach of international law’.

Evening Standard

‘Radical’ reforms on asylum laws announced by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Labour has vowed to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers by the next election but the Prime Minister said he has set the ‘challenge’ of emptying them sooner

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Voices: Yvette Cooper’s plans to fix the asylum system won’t work

COMMENT: After a summer of spiralling migrant numbers and protests outside asylum hotels, the home secretary has returned to the Commons with tougher new restrictions – but Labour looks like it’s playing catch-up to Reform, says Emily Sheffield

The Independent UK

Ministers committed to ECHR, No 10 says, ahead of border reforms announcement

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper will unveil reforms to the border security and asylum system on Monday.

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: As parliament returns, can Labour claw back the narrative from Reform?

In today’s newsletter: Nigel Farage ploughed ahead in the polls over recess, and Keir Starmer is now under pressure to define what his party stands for

The Guardian - UK

UK to make it harder for refugees to bring family members to country

Home secretary to announce overhaul of family reunion policy in attempt to quell fractious immigration debate

The Guardian - UK

Claims NI peace deal stops UK leaving ECHR ‘entirely groundless’ – think tank

The Policy Exchange claims public debate on human rights law reform had been ‘distorted’.

The Independent UK

Labour must act to close asylum hotels or face Reform poll gains, ex-minister warns

Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’

The Guardian - UK

The most radical part of Reform’s deportation plans

Speaking to the press in an airport hangar near Oxford on August 26, the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, unveiled his party’s new policy on mass deportations.

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The Independent UK

Voices: Getting rid of the ECHR won’t stop a single boat of migrants

COMMENT: As New Labour grandees unite with Red Wall Labour MPs to call for the European Court of Human Rights to be reformed – legislation that Nigel Farage wants to scrap – Sean O’Grady says the mainstreaming of the view that it is no longer workable or needed is deeply…

The Conversation

Treaties like the ECHR protect everyone in the UK, not just migrants

Reform UK has laid out plans for an “emergency programme” to address illegal immigration. The party argues its plans, which include expanding immigration detention capacity from the current roughly 2,200 places to 24,000, would enable the deportation of up to 600,000 people over a parliamentary term.

The Independent UK

Why are there growing calls for Britain to quit the ECHR – and would it make a difference?

Here, The Independent takes a look at what the ECHR is, why some people think we should quit and why others say leaving may bring more problems than it solves

The Independent UK

Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims

The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests

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The National (Scotland)

'Really dangerous': Liberty chief blasts Labour over human rights law tinkering

LABOUR’S tinkering with European human rights laws is “really dangerous”, according to the head of a leading civil liberties group.

Evening Standard

Northern Ireland will not be at forefront of Reform’s plans – Farage

The Reform UK leader responded to criticism of earlier remarks that he would ‘renegotiate’ the Good Friday Agreement.

Evening Standard

Farage has no right to ‘tear up’ Good Friday Agreement – Hanna

But DUP MP Sammy Wilson has backed the Reform UK leader’s plans to renegotiate the peace deal.

The National (Scotland)

Nigel Farage's bid to scrap human rights law could 'accelerate the end of the Union'

NIGEL Farage’s plan to scrap human rights protections could “accelerate the end of the Union” due to implications for the Good Friday…

Evening Standard

Farage ‘hasn’t got the faintest idea’ of consequences of leaving ECHR, says Benn

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn said jeopardising the Good Friday Agreement would be ‘dangerously irresponsible’.

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international…

The Guardian - UK

The moral and economic costs of Farage’s plan to deport up to 600,000 asylum seekers

Key planks of policy include Human Rights Act repeal and potential payments to countries such as Iran and Afghanistan

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