Police powers ruling ‘a victory for democracy"
Manchester Evening News|May 22, 2024
REGULATIONS which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests were unlawful, the High Court has ruled.
Police powers ruling ‘a victory for democracy"

Civil liberties group Liberty brought legal action against the Home Office over protest regulations passed by statutory instrument last year.

The Government measures lowered the threshold for what is considered "serious disruption" to community life, from "significant" and "prolonged" to "more than minor"

They also allowed police officers to take into account "any relevant cumulative disruption" of repeated protests.

The regulations came after the Government tried to introduce the same changes when the Public Order Bill went through Parliament, but they were rejected by the Lords at the time by 254 votes to 240.

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