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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Deputy political editor

Labour urged to say whether it would scrap new anti-protest laws

Police in central London
The Public Order Act, which was given royal assent four days before the coronation, gives police powers to shut down protests before disruption. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

Labour is under pressure to say whether it would repeal new anti-protest laws, after calls from all the main Westminster opposition parties and concerns expressed privately by some Labour MPs.

Restrictions on the right to protest are in the spotlight after much-criticised arrests by the Metropolitan police of republican campaigners before Saturday’s coronation of King Charles.

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