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The 28-day limit on detaining terrorist suspects before they are charged should only be extended if there is 'credible evidence' to do so, the Conservative Party said yesterday. Gordon Brown has backed calls from Sir Ian Blair, Britain's top police officer, to toughen anti-terror powers and agreed with him that the current detention limit needed extending.
But Shadow Attorney General Dominic Grieve criticised Labour's 'knee-jerk' responses to warnings of an increased terror threat and called for detailed explanations as to why the limit should be changed.See the full content of this document
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Tories 'Persuadable' On a Longer Terror Custody Limit
Mr Grieve told BBC Radio Four's World This Weekend programme, 'If there is credible evidence that an extension is needed, we will consider that...
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