25/07/2025

Councillors in Epping Forest have voted unanimously to call on the Government to ‘immediately and permanently’ close a hotel to asylum seekers after a series of violent protests at the site.

16/07/2025

A syndicate of more than 30 local authorities is campaigning against the rise of adult gaming centres (AGCs).

07/04/2025

An anti-abortion campaigner has been given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £20,000 to BCP Council for breaching a protest ‘buffer zone’.

14/01/2025

Gloucestershire dairy farmers have reacted angrily to a campaign by the county council encouraging residents to think about alternatives to milk.

14/01/2025

A former council chief executive is one of two Just Stop Oil protesters charged with criminal damage after powdered paint was sprayed on Charles Darwin’s grave yesterday.

20/09/2024

Safe access buffer zones will be in force around abortion clinics from 31 October, the Home Office has confirmed.

09/08/2024

A councillor has been arrested on suspicion of encouraging murder after comments at a counter-protest in London this week.

08/08/2024

Local authorities and police have praised the community spirit of counter-protestors who gathered across England yesterday following recent violent disorder.

10/07/2024

Campaigners climbed onto the roof of East Sussex County Hall yesterday to demand the authority stops investing its pension fund in fossil fuels.

07/05/2024

Dozens of candidates who ran in last week’s local elections on a pro-Palestinian platform have been elected, according to a new analysis.

25/03/2024

Kirklees Council demonstrated a ‘lack of consideration’ towards a teacher who faced harassment for showing a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad, advisor says.

15/02/2024

Residents of Barton House in Bristol have marched to City Hall demanding reassurances about the safety of the building ahead of their return.

29/01/2024

Residents, councillors and Extinction Rebellion activists were joined by climate campaigner Greta Thunberg to protest the expansion of a private jet facility at the weekend.

19/10/2023

Councils have taken a key role as they seek to tackle rising community tensions stoked by events in Israel and Gaza.

16/10/2023

Two Oxford City Council members have resigned from Labour in protest over Sir Keir Starmer's response to the conflict in Israel and Gaza.

11/10/2023

Sheffield City Council has said it will carry out a full review after protesters removed the Israeli flag and hoisted a Palestinian flag in its place.

09/06/2023

A company has withdrawn its appeal over plans to begin exploratory drilling for oil in a Lincolnshire village.

23/05/2023

The leader of Cardiff Council has called for an investigation into the events that led to the deaths of two teenagers and a riot on Monday night.

24/03/2023

Councils, pension funds and financial institutions are being targeted in a ‘day of action’ to address fuel poverty, climate change and the energy crisis.

21/02/2023

Approximately 2,000 people took part in demonstrations against Oxford's '15 minute neighbourhoods' plan, with protests and counter protests on Saturday.

03/01/2023

Extinction Rebellion has announced it will ‘shift away’ from disruptive protests which have included blockading oil terminals, blocking bridges during rush hour and spraying fake blood over the Treasury building.

12/10/2022

BCP Council has agreed to implement a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in Bournemouth to prevent protestors from harassing women and staff.

29/06/2022

Campaigners have called on BCP Council to implement a buffer zone around an abortion clinic in Bournemouth to prevent harassment from protestors.

07/06/2022

Two councils have seen their fuel protest injunction extended until May 2023 to prevent protestors blocking roads and vehicles.

30/05/2022

Healthcare body representing 14,000 doctors has called for national legislation to prevent anti-abortion protesters intimidating patients and doctors.

18/05/2022

A local council has defended its decision to dig a ditch alongside a car park after residents said it blocked their access to the beach.

25/04/2022

Thurrock Council has secured an injunction to prevent protestors from blocking roads or stopping vehicles at key fuel terminals in the borough.

03/11/2021

Campaigners are staging protests across the UK today, calling for councils to divest pension funds from fossil fuels.

12/07/2021

Brighton & Hove City Council was forced to close its mobile vaccination van yesterday following protests from anti-lockdown campaigners.

11/01/2021

The City of Edinburgh Council is urging people to stay away from a lockdown protest planned for today.

09/10/2019

Charities and medical bodies have today written to the Home Secretary to ask for an ‘urgent review’ of a decision taken last year not to install buffer zones around abortion clinics.

22/08/2019

The Court of Appeal has upheld Ealing Council’s protest-free ‘buffer zone’ which is located outside of an abortion clinic in the London borough.

23/07/2019

Several cities throughout the UK have been hit by protests involving climate change protestors. Mark Whitehead assesses how councils are dealing with it.

03/06/2019

A court order banning protests over sex education outside a Birmingham school is set to be reviewed next week.

07/03/2019

Richmond has prohibited anti-abortion protests outside a pregnancy advisory clinic after a consultation revealed the majority of residents supported a ban.

14/12/2018

Sheffield CC has acknowledged the need for a new phased approach to street tree replacement as a result of the ongoing controversy over tree felling.

25/10/2018

Sheffield City Council has tabled a proposal to save 300 trees and ‘phase the work on others’ in an effort to end the long running dispute over tree felling.

05/07/2018

The Court of Appeal has ruled that Leicester City Council’s decision to boycott illegal Israeli settlements is both ‘temperate and legitimate’.