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Aletha Adu and Ben Quinn

UK home secretary may tighten restrictions on protests

James Cleverly
James Cleverly has said pro-Palestine protesters have ‘made their point’. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA

The home secretary, James Cleverly, is considering further tightening the law around demonstrations, including a requirement for protesters to increase the amount of notice they give to police before large demonstrations, a minister has said.

Extending the notice period from six days to “a couple of weeks” in England and Wales for “very, very large protests with tens of thousands of people” would make planning easier for the police, said Chris Philp, the policing minister, as he stressed that the government would not seek to prevent future pro-Palestinian protests.

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