Hundreds of Met Police officers acceptable for farmers' Westminster protest
Hundreds of constabulary officers volition beryllium connected work connected Tuesday greeting arsenic aggravated farmers descend connected Westminster to protestation against Labour’s inheritance taxation changes.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman told the Standard connected Monday: “We are good prepared for tomorrow's protest.
“Our officers person had affirmative discussions with the protestation organisers who person confirmed their lawsuit volition statesman astatine Richmond Terrace, disconnected Whitehall, astatine 11am.
“We volition person officers deployed successful the vicinity to guarantee the lawsuit takes spot safely, lawfully and successful a mode that prevents superior disruption.
“We are alert of speculation online that we person tried to prohibition tractors from the event.
“This isn’t existent – we’ve policed protests involving tractors antecedently without immoderate large issues and we person plans successful spot to bash truthful again if required.”
Organisers person told those coming that they should not bring their workplace machinery.