Police to get more anti-protest powers as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’
Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of repeated demonstrations to restrict protests
Civil liberty groups have expressed concern over government plans to hand police greater powers to restrict protests as organisers of mass demonstrations against the banning of Palestine Action pledged a “major escalation” of their campaign.
Shabana Mahmood said on Sunday that repeated large-scale demonstrations over Gaza had caused “considerable fear” for the Jewish community in the wake of a fatal terror attack on a synagogue last week.