PROTESTERS are expected to hit the streets again this weekend to demonstrate against a controversial policing bill.

Demonstrators will gather at the Brighton Centre at noon on Saturday before marching through the city in opposition to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.

Last month, opposition MPs led efforts to amend the bill but found their proposal was rejected in the voting lobbies of the House of Commons.

As part of efforts to overhaul the justice system, the government has proposed a raft of changes in the bill.

These include plans to give police in England and Wales more powers to impose conditions on non-violent protests judged to be too noisy and thereby causing “intimidation or harassment” or “serious unease, alarm or distress” to the public.

Kill the Bill campaigners describe the bill as "draconian" due to plans to place restrictions on protests and increase police powers.

These include imposing start and finish times and setting noise limits - and protesters refusing to comply could be fined up to £2,500, under the proposals.

The conditions would apply to a single person staging a protest as well as groups.

In a post on social media, a spokesman from Kill The Bill Brighton said: “Let's show the government that communities like ours say no to the bill, and yes to the power of protest.

“Join us for our banner drop, stay with us as we bring the spirit of community led peaceful resistance through Brighton on our march, and finally make sure to join us when we close out in discussions on what comes next, where everyone's voice will be heard.”

Several groups are set to join tomorrow's Kill the Bill march, including the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who will be collecting books for a bookshop that was destroyed during an airstrike in Gaza.

There is likely to be some disruption to traffic in the city centre during the march.

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