‘Dangerous’ new UK policing bill would crush protests like ours, Gurkhas warn

Veterans say arbitrary' powers contained in proposals going before the Lords would have silenced their pensions campaign

Gurkha activists have launched a scathing attack on Priti Patel's controversial policing bill, describing it as highly dangerous" and warning that it would criminalise their future campaigning work.

Gurkha groups, who recently protested outside parliament for equal military pensions with the British soldiers they served alongside, say the bill would crush similar campaigns because of its intention to restrict the right to protest.