A former Royal Marine has been banned from working with children after he protested against illegal migrants, The Telegraph can disclose.
Free speech campaigners said spurious safeguarding concerns were increasingly being deployed to “silence” people with “patriotic views” in a “scandalous abuse of the system”.
One campaign group has identified more than a dozen cases in which laws intended to keep children safe from harm from adults are being used to crack down on Right-wing views.
Concerns have intensified over the treatment of Jamie Michael, an Iraq war veteran, who has been barred from coaching his daughter’s football team.
