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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Failure to protect free speech could cost Labour votes at next election, says Liberty

A protester holding a sign saying 'Free speech for all'
Protesters at a ‘united not divided’ rally in London in September 2024. Photograph: Martin Pope/Zuma Press/Shutterstock

Free speech will be a big concern for voters at the next general election, with the government’s current approach on the issue perceived by many to be bad for Britain, polling suggests.

Three in five people said a political party’s position on free speech would affect how they voted at a general election. The human rights organisation Liberty, which commissioned the polling from More in Common, claimed the results showed that Labour’s failure to protect free speech could cost it votes.

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