TORY MPs have voted for a second time to reinstate restrictions on “noisy” protests, despite strong opposition to the “draconian” measure in the Lords. 

The government’s widely condemned Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will now return to the House of Lords on Thursday after MPs rejected a series of peers’ amendments on Monday night. 

They include reinstating a provision into the Bill which seeks to give police powers to shut down protests that are deemed too noisy. MPs backed the move by 267 to 202 votes.