Shabana Mahmood unveiled new laws handing police more powers to clamp down on repeat protests after 492 pro-Palestine marchers were arrested this weekend.

Palestine Action ban demonstrators are arrested in Trafalgar Square days after the synagogue terror attack in Manchester

Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, also signalled that she would consider greater powers to ban demonstrations outright

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of demonstrations as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’

LONDON: Police in the UK will receive new powers to crack down on protests. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to reassess all existing anti-protest laws, including giving…

Shabana Mahmood unveiled new laws handing police more powers to clamp down on repeat protests after 492 pro-Palestine marchers were arrested this weekend.

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Defend Our Juries brand home secretary’s plan to give police greater powers to restrict protests an ‘extraordinary new affront to democracy’

Most readers condemned the government’s move to bolster restrictions on protests, arguing it is conflating Palestine Action demonstrations with antisemitism