TRADE unionists and civil rights campaigners held a series of protests yesterday as MPs debated the oppressive Trade Union Bill in Parliament.

A 22-metre banner reading: “Stop the Anti-Union Bill” was hung opposite the House of Commons in the morning by members of the Right to Strike (RTS) campaign.

In the evening, dozens of supporters of the group, as well as the Defend Our Unions and Kill the Bill lobbies marched on Parliament Square in protest against the Conservatives’ flagship policy.