Peers fail to block new government restrictions on protest
The House of Lords voted through new regulations tonight which give the police greater powers to ban protests. But many peers criticised government tactics used to get the measure through.
Lords to vote on new protest restrictions as leading lawyer warns police could have “near total discretion”
A leading human rights lawyer has warned that police will have “near total discretion” over which protests to ban if the government’s latest restrictions are approved in parliament this week.
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