Ministers are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.
The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site.
Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, will also look at all anti-protest laws, with the possibility that powers to ban some demonstrations outright could be strengthened.
Speaking on Sunday to Sky News, Mahmood said she believed there was “a gap in the law” that required action, and that she aimed to act at speed.
Under the planned powers, Mahmood will push through rapid changes to the Public Order Act 1986, allowing police to consider the “cumulative impact” of repeated protests. Details would be set out “in due course”, the announcement said.
Just making it up as they go along. Authoritarian, war criminal scum.The corporate media are complicit in the Gaza genocide. Never forget what they did. Never forgive them for it.
on October 5, 2025, 1:33 pm