Peter Hain says UK government ‘digging itself into hole’ over Palestine Action

Peer opposed banning group and says fellow Labour peers and MPs are regretting proscription

A former cabinet minister has said the UK government is “digging itself into a hole” over Palestine Action and fellow Labour peers and MPs were regretting voting to ban the group.

The warning by Peter Hain, who opposed proscription, came as a Labour backbencher who supported it said the issue would arise again when parliament returned in September.