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Downing Street has said it is still considering options on extending police powers to detain terror suspects. A new round of cross-party talks is to be held as ministers "seek consensus" for extending the 28 day limit for holding terror suspects without charge.
But it said the opposition had already "accepted the principle" that the government could use existing emergency powers to hold suspects for 58 days. The Home Office said it had "consulted widely on options", but no decision on any changes had been taken.
So the debate now was "a technical discussion" about safeguards, it added. Ministers are believed to be drawing up a range of safeguards to allow suspects to be detained for up to 58 days.
But the Tories say there is "not an ounce" of evidence for a law change which would amount to a "permanent undeclared state of emergency". But David Davis, for the Conservatives, said there was not a "an ounce of evidence" for extending the limit.