BREAKING: Police will get extensive powers to crack down on disruptive yet peaceful protests under a package of new laws announced in the Queen’s Speech.
and Just Stop Oil in recent years, costing police forces over £40million, according to the government.Ahead of the Queen’s Speech – delivered by Prince Charles– Boris Johnson said he wanted to ‘get on with making our streets safer’ by ‘backing our police and giving them the tools they need to do the job’.
The government said that, between September 13 and November 20 alone last year, 1,000 Insulate Britain protesers were arrested, costing police £4m.And during Extinction Rebellion’s protests of April and October 2019, some of The law were tabled as amendments once the bill had passed through the Commons, so they could not be sent back to MPs after being rejected by Peers.
The latest plan will mean that the government can rely on its Commons majority to force through a new law.