Protesters gather holding placards against the Conservative plans for the new Policing Bill at the Kill the Bill protest on 15th January 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Demonstrations have been held all over the UK against the The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, whose legislation, which covers a broad range of issues, would give police more powers in controlling non-violent or static protests and imposing a set of new rules for police to deploy. Protesters see the bill as a disproportionate controls on freedom of expression and their right to protest peacefully. The human rights charity Liberty has called the bill an ‘assault on basic civil liberties’.