Anti-protest laws and culture wars weakening UK’s democracy, finds report

Thinktanks say the check and balances of civil society such as judges and campaigners are under political attack' by ministers

The threat to Britain's democratic spaces is growing as charities and civil society groups come under political attack" by ministers, a report has warned.

Anti-protest laws and culture wars perpetrated by the government are among the issues highlighted by two thinktanks, which said that the urgent and alarming" problem was largely going unnoticed".