Met police brace for ‘busy weekend’ of major London protests

Dance music acts along with anti-lockdown, anti-austerity and climate activists will all converge on capital

Some of the UK's leading dance music acts are expected to join a protest march in London calling for the government to scrap Covid restrictions on nightclubs, as the capital gears up for a weekend of mass demonstrations.

Anti-lockdown protesters, anti-austerity campaigners and environmentalists will also stage protests in London on Saturday and Sunday, and the Metropolitan police said they were preparing for a busy weekend".