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Police to form Armistice Day ‘ring of steel’: Met chiefs cancel leave, extend overtime and draft in 1,000 more officers from across Britain to quash any hint of trouble around minute’s silence and protests

The Met are set to form a ‘ring of steel’ to quash any hint of trouble around this week’s Remembrance events amid fears of a pro-Palestine protest clashing with the Armistice Day parades.

Police chiefs have cancelled leave, extended overtime and drafted in 1,000 more officers from across Britain to reinforce their ranks.

And senior public order officers are set to give orders to immediately clamp down on any criminality or violence.

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