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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Police get powers to restrict protests causing ‘more than minor delay’ after bid to block law fails

PA Wire

Police will be able to restrict any protest that could cause a “more than minor hindrance or delay” after a bid to block the law failed.

The government bypassed normal parliamentary scrutiny to change the legal meaning of “serious disruption”, dramatically lowering the threshold for police to impose conditions on demonstrations and arrest anyone breaching them.

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