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Evening Standard
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Sami Quadri

Met Police hits back at 'misleading' claims it abandoned No10 security during Black Lives Matter unrest

Activists gather outside Downing Street during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 2020 - (Getty Images)

Scotland Yard has strongly denied accusations that it left Downing Street vulnerable during violent Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

The Mail on Sunday had claimed police chiefs "capitulated to a mob" by pulling armed officers away from No10's gates, allegedly putting the Prime Minister's security "in jeopardy".

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