Labour benefit cuts may breach equality law, says human rights watchdog

* Labour’s plans for housing potentially delayed because paying the agricultural value for farmland instead of the hope value taking into account planning permission could be expropriation under the ECHR

* Labour’s plans to abolish leasehold delayed because abolishing freehold ownership is potentially expropriation under the ECHR

* Labour’s welfare cuts being investigated by the EHRC

* Labour’s attempt to be serious on deportations being continually undermined by ridiculous rulings under the ECHR

Great system of governance.

So the courts can rule the government can or cannot cut benefits. They can rule whether the government can allow north sea oil drilling and the courts can decide if an asylum scheme for Ukrainians can be opened to Palestinians?

What is the point in us voting if the government we elect is impotent to change anything? Or is that the point?

God, you can’t even kill the disabled without some loony European human rights lawyers getting involved. Don’t they understand austerity has been tried before and it definitely worked!

/s if needed

Not sure it’s a great idea that equality laws can dictate the budgeting of the government, that feels like a movement of power away from elected officials to unelected judges and lawyers.