Blog: This worrying attack on free speech and the right to protest

There are some good things about this enormous, multi-faceted new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill that is being rushed through Parliament at speed this week. These include things that UNISON has long campaigned on, such as defending our frontline public sector workers from attack.
But, sitting right in the middle of it, is one of the biggest threats to freedom of peaceful protest that I have ever witnessed.
UNISON has several serious concerns about this proposed legislation that would