“DEEPLY authoritarian” powers to restrict the right to protest are set to become law, prompting campaign groups to declare today a “dark day for civil liberties” in Britain.

Following a Westminster stand-off, peers eventually approved the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill late on Tuesday night by 180 votes to 113. 

Provisions allowing police to shut down protests if they are deemed too noisy were also waved through after a Labour bid by to block them was rejected.