A protester at a previous Kill the Bill demonstration last month
THOUSANDS are expected to turn out across the country today against the Tories’ “anti-democratic” bid to crack down on protests ahead of a crucial vote in the Lords.
Opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill has mobilised a wide range of social, racial and environmental justice groups as well as Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GTR) communities.
Members of these groups will join marches today in London, Bristol, Coventry, Newcastle, Liverpool, Sheffield, Plymouth and more to demand peers reject the new laws.
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