Lawmakers Call for England to Allow Protests During Lockdown

Police officers form a cordon as a crowd turn on their phone torches at a band-stand where a planned vigil in honour of murder victim Sarah Everard was cancelled due to CCP virus restrictions, on Clapham Common, south London on March 13, 2021. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images

LONDON—More than 60 British lawmakers have written to interior minister Priti Patel calling for protests to be allowed in England during lockdown.

Under England’s coronavirus rules, it is unlawful for groups to gather for protests and police warned people on Saturday not to head to central London for planned demonstrations, including by anti-lockdown campaigners.