Labour Accused Of Being 'Worse Than Tories' Amid New 'Trumpian' Clampdown On Protest

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e24da0180000d5515d117f.jpeg?cache=plN8O6GKv9&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)" data-caption="Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Police officers carry a protester during a protest to support Palestine Action in London, Saturday, Sept. 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Joanna Chan)</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/labour" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Labour</a> are being accused of being “worse than the <a href="news/conservative-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tories</a>” with the new government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-police-powers-to-protect-communities-from-disruption-caused-by-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">crackdown on protests.</a></p><p>The Home Office <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-police-powers-to-protect-communities-from-disruption-caused-by-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> on Sunday that it would be granting police forces new powers to put conditions on repeat demonstrations.</p><p>That means if a protest has taken place at the same site for weeks on end and caused “repeated disorder”, officers could force organisers to hold the event elsewhere.</p><p>The Home Office said anyone who breaches these conditions risk arrest and prosecution.</p><p>It comes after the Met P