Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said police now have the “full armoury of legal tools” to deal with “militant” protesters after peers voted through controversial anti-protest regulations.
Speaking to the Home Affairs Select Committee on Wednesday, the home secretary said she now expected a “swifter” police response to deal with those bringing “misery and chaos to the law abiding majority.”
“I am incredibly frustrated when I see scenes of militant activists, selfish protesters disrupt people from getting to work, getting to school, getting to hospital appointments, and we cannot see that,” she said on Wednesday.
“I think that, yes, we want to see a more robust and swifter response from the police and I think there is room for improvement personally, going forward.”…