Dominic Raab’s paper seen as fulfilment of quest to destroy Human Rights Act

Analysis: critics think man who once said ‘I don’t believe in economic and social rights’ is reaching goal of 12-year campaign

It may bear the unassuming title of a “consultation paper”. But critics believe that the document released by Dominic Raab’s department on Tuesday is the culmination of a steady 12-year campaign by the justice secretary to rip up the Human Rights Act.

Footage of Raab from 2009 shows the then backbench MP looking into the camera and saying: “I don’t support the Human Rights Act and I don’t believe in economic and social rights.”