The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and why some campaign groups are worried about it
What is the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2021? According to the government, the measures set out in the Bill will allow the police to take a more proactive approach to managing protests that cause serious disruption to the public.The Bill came about following large-scale Extinction Rebellion protests in 2020, which Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said intended to "bring policing to its knees and the city to a halt".Provisions in the Bill will:In 'ambiguous' cases, home secretary Priti Patel will have the power, through secondary legislation, to define and give examples of “serious disruption to the life of the community” and “serious disruption to the activities of an organisation which are carried out in the