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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Elgot in Mumbai

Starmer targets inflammatory chants at Palestine protests for further curbs

Police officers detain a woman wearing a keffiyeh at a Palestine protest in Parliament Square
The prime minister is under pressure to restrict protest chants that could invoke violence. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Keir Starmer will order the home secretary to look at further curbs on protests including potential powers to take action against specific inflammatory chants at pro-Palestinian protests.

Speaking to reporters en route to Mumbai, the prime minister said Labour was looking at going even further than the measures announced by Shabana Mahmood, which would look at the “cumulative impact” of repeat protests in certain locations.

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