Priti targets ‘mob rule’ protesters in new Bill

PRITI PATEL will tomorrow tell MPs to reject ‘mob rule’ and back new measures to curb anti-social protesters who wreak havoc on people’s daily lives.

The Home Secretary will urge the Commons to back a new Public Order Bill that gives police powers to counter disruptive protest tactics. The measures come in the wake of the Insulate Britain protests that brought motorways to a standstill and the Just Stop Oil campaigns that disrupted fuel supplies.

The new Bill is Ms Patel’s latest attempt to reintroduce measures previously blocked by the House of Lords as part of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

There will also be a new offence of obstructing major transport