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Bill McLoughlin

‘Ripe for abuse’: Outrage over anti-protest bill giving police more power while expanding stop and search

A new bill giving the police more power to stop protests has been condemned by a Labour peer following the release of the damning Casey report.

The Public Order Bill returned to the House of Commons on Wednesday and once passed, protests whereby activists lock or glue themselves onto each other or buildings - as used by Insulate Britain - will now be criminalised.

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