Exclusive: Force, which had dropped objection to plan, says protests of more than 500 people would impede traffic and require extra resourcesChina’s proposed “super-embassy” in London would require additional police officers to deal with any large protests involving thousands of people, the Metropolitan police have said before a decision by ministers.Despite having dropped its official objection to the proposals, the Met “maintains concerns” that large protests of more than 500 people outside the embassy would impede traffic and “require additional police resource”, said the deputy assistant commissioner Jon Savell Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/28/metropolitan-police-concerned-large-protests-china-super-embassy
Author : Eleni Courea Political correspondent
Publish date : 2025-04-28 06:00:00
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Met police ‘maintain concerns’ about China super-embassy plan
