Local councils are increasingly trying to silence pro-life groups

A pro-life charity has condemned a London council for its “authoritarian and discriminatory” decision to remove a pro-life stall from a fete.

Life, an organisation that helps women in crisis pregnancies, was allowed to set up a stall at the Lambeth Country Show last month.

However, when its volunteers arrived for the second day of the show, they discovered the stand had been taken down. Officials told them Lambeth borough council had decided to remove it because it was “against the values of Lambeth council” and “not in line with the causes the council has been funding and supporting”.