The Independent has joined more than 120 high-profile names from across the UK in backing calls for Sir Keir Starmer to include protections from silencing lawsuits in the next King’s Speech.
A total of 127 editors, lawyers, academics, journalists, publishers and civil society representatives have signed a letter demanding the government include anti-SLAPP provisions in the speech expected in May, “sending a powerful message that British courts should not be abused to silence protected speech”.
