HOME Secretary Priti Patel has written to MPs urging them to back her anti-protest laws after they were rejected by peers last month. 

The House of Lords inflicted a string of defeats on the Police, Crime Sentencing and Courts Bill, throwing out measures designed to quash tactics used by groups such as Insulate Britain and Extinction Rebellion.

Peers also voted against handing police powers to impose noise restrictions on demonstrations, making it a criminal offence to “lock onto objects” and expanding stop and search powers against people suspected of taking part in “illegal” protests.