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Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

Speaking later to BBC1’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Mahmood denied this was about banning protest: “This is not about a ban. This is about restrictions and conditions that would enable the police to maybe put further time restrictions or move those protests to other places.

From the BBC's article:

The home secretary will carry out a review of current protest legislation to "ensure powers are sufficient and being applied consistently", the government said.

This will include powers to ban protests outright, the government said.