UK Daily Mail
- Anarchists threaten to 'unleash hell' during march in capital
- Labour leader Ed Miliband to speak at end of the demonstration
- Protesters start lunchtime sit-in along Shaftesbury Avenue
- Hooded anarchists throw paint and set off flares on Oxford Street
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have descended on London today in a mass protest being staged against Government cuts in public spending.
The TUC had estimated that around 100,000 union activists and other campaigners would take part in today's demonstration.
But by lunchtime unofficial figures put the numbers at 400,000, as protesters were still joining the march more than an hour after it started.
The TUC said the number of people in the march to London's Hyde Park had well exceeded their expectations
Protesters cross Waterloo Bridge to join the protest against cuts, in the biggest demonstration to hit London since the Iraq war march
There were fears that protests separate from the main group marching to Hyde Park would cause violence and anarchy, as there were sit-in protests along Shaftesbury Avenue and various groups demonstrating away from the planned route.
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