The government will extend the Human Rights Act to protect up to 300,000 people who have been placed by local authorities in privately-run residential and nursing homes, the Guardian can reveal. Older people's charities have campaigned for the move after a law lords ruling last year that the act did not apply to privately-run homes. Charities argue the legislation would give residents greater protection against suffering malnutrition and give them greater rights, such as the right to a family life.
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