CAMPAIGNERS vowed to continue resisting the Tories’ draconian policing Bill today after MPs voted to reinstate restrictions on demonstrations, including noise limits. 

Using its Commons majority late on Monday, the government succeeded in overturning a series of amendments that peers had passed that softened the Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill’s attack on protest rights.

Proposals to allow police to shut down protests deemed too noisy were thrown out by the Lords last month but are now back in the legislation after MPs voted 288 to 238 in favour of the restriction. MPs also backed the reinstatement of a ban on protests outside Parliament by 298 votes to 236.