Police dealt with more than 3,000 protests in three months over the summer

The summer months have seen a string of protests linked to asylum seeker accommodation and against the ban on Palestine Action. (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

Police across the UK dealt with more than 3,000 protests over three months this summer, amid what a senior officer called “a climate of increasing tension and polarity”.

Figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council showed that there were 3,081 protests in June, July and August across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.