Calls for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) are "asking for even more damage" to Britain, campaigners have warned.
Nearly half of the British public support staying in the ECHR, almost twice the proportion who say the UK should leave the treaty, a new poll by Savanta for Amnesty International has found.
A total of 2,099 UK adults were asked their position on the ECHR ahead of its 75th anniversary and found 1,009 (48%) of respondents believed the UK should continue to be a member of the convention while 538 (26%) said the UK should withdraw, the PA news agency reported.
Naomi Smith, chief executive of Best for Britain, said:
“The public have seen the harm leaving European institutions has done to Britain and they recognise calls to leave the ECHR are just asking for even more damage: to all our rights, our freedoms, and our international reputation.
“We must not allow Reform UK and the Tories’ misleading attempts to demonise human rights protections to gain media traction when, in truth, the public strongly wants to maintain the high standards which keep us all safer.”