Boris Johnson set to make compromise on Human Rights Act – EU sources

UK prepared to retain act in order to secure security ties with EU, sources say

Boris Johnson is prepared to make a major compromise to secure security ties with the EU by pledging in a deal on the future relationship not to rip up the Human Rights Act.

The UK is said by EU sources to be moving" in negotiations on the issue in Brussels after previously insisting that the government would not tie its hands in any agreement on the future relationship.