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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Shabana Mahmood urges police to curb far-right, anti-migrant protests

Shabana Mahmood
Mahmood’s move raises the possibility that Hampshire police will insist that protesters due to meet in Portsmouth at 12.30pm on Saturday will be ordered to take off any face coverings. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Shabana Mahmood has urged police to curb the activities of far-right, anti-migrant groups which have “obvious malign intent” after a weekend of chaos caused by balaclava-wearing vigilantes.

In a meeting on Thursday, the home secretary told senior officers to make “full use” of their powers, including bans on face coverings, after police were assaulted and ports were disrupted in Kent and Hampshire.

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