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Thousands of convicted UK prisoners are to get the right to vote after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the present ban was unlawful.
BBC News - Convicted prisoners to get vote after European ruling: "Thousands of convicted UK prisoners are to get the right to vote after the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the present ban was unlawful.
Sources told the BBC the government had exhausted all legal avenues fighting the 2005 decision and an announcement is expected later this week.
Lawyers have said a failure to comply could cost hundreds of millions of pounds in legal costs and compensation."
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