Police to get broader powers to restrict repeated protests

News / Sun 5th Oct 2025 at 03:49pm

POLICE forces will be granted powers to put conditions on repeat protests, the government has announced, a day after nearly 500 protesters were arrested reports the BBC.

Senior officers will be able to consider the “cumulative impact” of previous protests, the Home Office said, which could mean they instruct organisers to hold events elsewhere if a site has seen repeated demonstrations.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood told the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme the move was not a ban on protests but “about restrictions and conditions”.

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6 Comments for Police to get broader powers to restrict repeated protests:

Tomsk

2025-10-05 21:34:37

Good. Hopefully this will help stop the repeated protests at the Bell Hotel which the people of Epping have now had enough of.

gary roberts

2025-10-06 06:38:14

Apparently the police will get "new powers" in an attempt to intimidate or stop protest in this country. It is of course just panic measures by a government scared it is losing its core vote in preparation for next year's local elections. And using the Kinnock doctrine of, "I am telling you and you will listen" another step towards perdition for this poor government.

gary roberts

2025-10-06 06:44:02

And I forgot to say the police will attempt to enforce these powers with fewer officers. In short lions led by a donkey government.

David Forman

2025-10-06 10:15:16

To see a Labour government restricting the right of protest is truly shocking. You are just paving the road towards an authoritarian state one step at a time. However, I can see the point Tomsk makes about repeated protests. Where do we draw the line about "you have made your point, now stop"? From the Bell Hotel protesters point of view they would probably say they are piling on the pressure in the run up to the High Court case on October 15. Once you restrict someone else's protests it is only a matter of time before you are next in the list.