Extinction Rebellion: Group wins challenge to London police ban

Extinction Rebellion has won a High Court challenge against the Metropolitan Police over a London-wide ban on protests.

The police imposed a ban last month, prohibiting any assembly of more than two people linked to the protests dubbed the ‘autumn uprising’.

Lawyers for the group had argued that the police went beyond the powers of the Public Order Act.

The Met said the ban was the only way of tackling disruption caused by protests.