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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kate Devlin

Police to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally

Police are to be given greater powers to restrict repeated protests, the home secretary has announced, hours after hundreds were arrested at a Palestine Action demonstration in London.

The event went ahead despite calls from Keir Starmer and others in the wake of the terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester during which two people were killed.

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