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Here are five new laws for 2022 that you need to know about. First up is the #NationalityandBordersBill
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The #NationalityandBordersBill would redefine who can claim asylum in the UK. It marks certain routes as legal, and others - like small boat crossings - illegal. Priti Patel says controlling our borders is what British people voted for...
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🚨BUT 🚨
⚖️@FreefromTorture say #NationalityandBordersBill would break international human rights law
🚫 @UnseenUK has called it ‘catastrophic’ for victims of modern day slavery
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The #NationalityandBordersBill is back in the House of Lords this week.

Clause 9 would allow the government to strip people of their British citizenship without notice.

A protest against the bill has taken place outside parliament.
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Second is #TheElectionsBill which would require people to show photo ID to vote, change the rules on campaign spending - including limiting trade union donations - and give parliament oversight of the Electoral Commission
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What does #TheElectionsBill mean for democracy?
🗳️ @HandsOffOurVote says it makes it harder for people to vote
🤫 @ASLEFunion: It’s an attempt to “silence the trade unions”
🍒 ​​@UKLabour has accused the PM of trying to pick and choose voters
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Third, it’s the Police, Crime and Sentencing Bill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿+​​🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
📣Imposes conditions on any protests deemed disruptive
📣Up to 10 years in prison for damaging memorials (including statues)
📣Increases jail time for assaults on emergency workers
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#KillTheBill protesters are fearful that it could mean the end of peaceful protest 🤫
With police handed powers to act on peaceful protests like those by @ukblm, @ExtinctionR, @InsulateLove and @ReclaimTS
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Gypsies, Travellers and Roma fear they could be made homeless under Part 4 of the #PoliceBill that would criminalise trespassing - punishable by vehicle confiscation @GypsyTravellers
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What’s next for the #PoliceBill?

📅 From Monday January 10, the Lords will discuss their amendments then vote on them.

☎️ Here’s how to resist this “draconian” bill:
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Fourth is The Health and Care Bill which would restructure parts of the #NHS in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 to create a more localised system with less central bureaucracy
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So why are critics calling for the govrnment to #ScrapNHSBill?
🇺🇸@JujuliaGrace at @EveryDoctorUK warns it will usher in a profit-driven, American-style system
💔@unitetheunion says it would bring about a “complete break up of the NHS as we know it”
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Last but not least: The Online Harms Bill
Still in the draft stage, the #OnlineHarmsBill seeks to establish a new framework to tackle harmful content online by regulating big tech like Facebook & Twitter🌐
BUT critics fear for freedom of speech
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