Move means late changes focusing on powers to control protests could be voted down in House of Lords
Labour members in the House of Lords are to oppose last-minute amendments to the police and crime bill, which human rights activists have described as “a dangerous power grab”, in a move that could kill the proposals entirely.
In low-key announcement on the LabourLordsUK Twitter account, before midday on Friday, the party said it would be “opposing protest clauses added late” to the bill, a reference to 18 pages of amendments introduced by the government in November.
