TORY plans to allow police to shut down protests before they cause “serious disruption” are “more extreme” than many counter-terrorism laws, campaigners have warned. 

Downing Street said the proposals would help officers clamp down on “guerilla” tactics largely used by environmental protesters like slow marching and blocking roads. 

Groups including Just Stop Oil have used walking protests to demand action on the climate emergency as a means to get round new laws cracking down on other forms of protest.