Overview

• Scotland Yard says more than 1,600 officers are on duty citywide, including about 1,000 assigned to the central protests and roughly 500 drafted in from other forces.
• Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom march forms on Stamford Street and heads over Westminster Bridge to the south end of Whitehall, while Stand Up To Racism rallies from Russell Square to the north end of Whitehall behind a large sterile buffer.
• The Met tells Muslim Londoners not to change plans and to report concerns to officers, as Tell MAMA urges vigilance and community groups press the Home Office to consider a ban.
• Public Order Act conditions set routes and timings for both events, with police insisting the demonstrations end by the evening.
• Organisers expect international speakers including Eric Zemmour, Petr Bystron, Jordan Peterson and Katie Hopkins, as Robinson urges supporters to avoid masks, alcohol and violence on a day that also stretches police with multiple football fixtures.