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Labour urged to vote down ‘draconian’ changes to crime bill

Call for opposition to counter ministers’ ‘cynical attempt to bypass parliamentary scrutiny’

The Labour party has been urged to take advantage of a unique opportunity to vote down a raft of last-minute amendments to an already controversial crime bill, which human rights activists have described as “a dangerous power grab”.

The 18 pages of amendments to the police, crime, sentencing and courts bill were introduced by government peers in November, on the day nine members of the protest group Insulate Britain appeared in court charged with contempt.

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