What is the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and how will it change protests?

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What is the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and how will it change protests?

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says the legislation has been “rushed” and will create “incredibly widely drawn” powers, “for example, allowing the police to stop and search anyone in the vicinity of a protest, including passers-by, people on the way to work and peaceful protesters”. www.bbc.co.uk

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says the legislation has been “rushed” and will create “incredibly widely drawn” powers, “for example, allowing the police to stop and search anyone in the vicinity of a protest, including passers-by, people on the way to work and peaceful protesters”.

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