'Profound mistake' to leave human rights treaty - PM

Government would look at the interpretation of some provisions of the convention.

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IT would be a “profound mistake” to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The Prime Minister ruled out leaving the treaty but said the Ministers plan to tighten the use of Article 8 of the ECHR, the right to private and family life, in immigration cases in the UK. Sir Keir was responding yesterday to a question from Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey, who said: “The leader of the Conservative Party and the leader of Reform want to join Russia and Vladimir Putin by withdrawing from the convention.