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Court Rules UK Government Anti-protest Powers Unlawful

The UK government acted unlawfully by changing legislation to give police tougher powers to clamp down on street protests, judges ruled on Tuesday.

International Business Times · May 21, 2024

UK charges pro-Palestine protester behind divisive ‘coconut’ placard

Marieha Hussain has been charged with a racially aggravated offence after mocking PM Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman.

Al Jazeera · May 21, 2024

Move to extend police powers around protests in England unlawful, High Court rules

REGULATIONS which lowered the threshold for police intervening in protests in England were unlawful, the High Court has ruled.

The National (Scotland) · May 21, 2024

Braverman plan to criminalise rough sleeping dropped after Tory criticism

Proposal, condemned by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

‘We had money! It was brilliant!’ Margaret Hodge on Labour governments, life as a migrant and quitting as an MP

After 30 years in parliament, the former minister will stand down at the next election. She talks about her battles with Jeremy Corbyn, her fury at Priti Patel and Suella Braverman, and the awfulness of austerity

The Guardian - UK · May 13, 2024

‘I know the adrenaline of escaping’: Henry Cockburn on turning his time on the run into a refugee rap epic

His Costa-shortlisted first book examined his own schizophrenia, from hospital breakouts to hiding from the police. Now the writer has fed this into Tale of Ahmed, a story in rap verse about a boy fleeing Afghanistan for Britain

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2024

Are you better with apostrophes than a Yorkshire database? – quiz

Possession, contractions, plurals – test your ability to use an apostrophe in our fun and completely pedantic quiz

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Tories must face hard truths: Reform-lite wreckers like Braverman are why the public just don’t like us

The PM has danced to their tune and the dreadful election results were the inevitable outcome. The solution can’t be more of the same, says the former Conservative MP Justine Greening

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Monday briefing: Local election catastrophe for the Conservatives

In today’s newsletter: Rishi Sunak’s party were expecting a difficult contest – but the results were even more dire than predicted, as political correspondent Kiran Stacey explains

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2024

Little sign that Sunak will tack towards centre after local elections rout

PM and allies seemingly intent on staying the course in face of conflicting calls on how to avoid wipeout when country goes to polls

The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2024