Habeas Corpus

As part of Tony Blair’s post-9/11 measures to combat terrorism in the UK, the amount of time suspects could be held without charge in police custody was increased from 14 to 28 days, the longest in Western Europe. In 2008 Gordon Brown tried to extend this to 42 days—this was narrowly passed in the Commons but emphatically rejected by the Lords later in the year. Shadow Home Secretary David Davis resigned in protest over this issue, saying that it threatened to undermine habeas corpus, the right not to be imprisoned without charge or reason established by Magna Carta. The limit remains at 28 days.

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