Peaceful March Key To Police Cuts Protest

    Up to 20,000 police officers are expected to march

Police officers are not allowed to strike, so today's protest will be the most they can do to show how much they reject the planned cuts in policing.

As many as 20,000 officers are expected to march through Westminster in a demonstration against what they see as a Government attack on policing.
About 16,000 of the officers will don black caps representing each officer expected to be lost under the Government's budget cuts.
Any other remaining police officers marching will wear white caps.
It has also emerged that prison officers, who are not allowed to strike either, will hold protest meetings as well.

Prison officers  across England, Wales and Scotland are holding protest meetings against Government plans to link their normal pension age to the state pension age.
Like other public servants, the police face budget cuts of around 20%, in addition to changes in pay and conditions which they say will leave many of them worse off financially.